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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 938-941, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.938-941.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prevalence and Serotype Distribution of Encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae Isolates from Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Poland

Anna Skoczynska,1* Magdalena Lewandowska,2,{dagger} Anna Klarowicz,1 and Waleria Hryniewicz1

Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health,1 Department of Microbial Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland2

Received 13 July 2004/ Returned for modification 30 August 2004/ Accepted 8 October 2004

Among 1,272 H. influenzae isolates obtained from patients with lower respiratory tract infections, 5.6% were found to be encapsulated. The most common were serotypes b (40.3%) and e (38.9%) followed by serotypes f (16.7%) and d (4.1%). All encapsulated isolates within a particular serotype showed high genetic homogeneity and did not produce ß-lactamases.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, Chelmska 30/34, 00-725 Warsaw, Poland. Phone: 48 22 8514670. Fax: 48 22 8412949. E-mail: skoczek{at}cls.edu.pl.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Microbial Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 938-941, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.938-941.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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