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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2002, p. 268-270, Vol. 40, No. 1
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.268-270.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Active Copper- and Zinc-Containing Superoxide Dismutase in the Cryptic Genospecies of Haemophilus Causing Urogenital and Neonatal Infections Discriminates Them from Haemophilus influenzae Sensu Stricto

Paul R. Langford,* Brian J. Sheehan, Taheed Shaikh, and J. Simon Kroll

Molecular Infectious Diseases Group, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Received 27 August 2001/ Returned for modification 1 October 2001/ Accepted 15 October 2001

The presence of active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in isolates of the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus, responsible for urogenital, neonatal, and mother-infant infections, can be used as a biochemical marker to discriminate them from H. influenzae sensu stricto strains.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Molecular Infectious Diseases Group, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, St. Mary’s Campus, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom. Phone: (44) (0)20-7886-6340. Fax: (44) (0)20-7886-6284. E-mail: p.langford{at}ic.ac.uk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2002, p. 268-270, Vol. 40, No. 1
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.268-270.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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