Biotyping of Haemophilus using API 10S--an epidemiological tool?

Journal of clinical pathology ·Vol. 36 ·No. 1 ·1983-01-00 ·Pages 96-9

Mehtar S, Afshar SA

Abstract

One hundred and ninety-nine strains of Haemophilus isolates were biotyped by Kilian's method(1) and a modified API 10S strip and the results compared. One hundred percent correlation was found between the two systems. The ONPG test proved of value in differentiating between Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae when there was growth factor disc failure.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Age Factors Bacteriological Techniques Child Child, Preschool Haemophilus/classification,isolation & purification,metabolism Haemophilus Infections/microbiology Haemophilus influenzae/classification,isolation & purification,metabolism Humans Indicators and Reagents Reagent Strips

Chemicals

Indicators and Reagents Reagent Strips

Authors & Affiliations

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Mehtar S

Afshar S A

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8 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical pathology

Abbr.

J Clin Pathol

ISSN

0021-9746

DOI

10.1136/jcp.36.1.96

Published

1983-01-00

Pages

96-9

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0376601

PMCID

PMC498113

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/jcp.36.1.96 PMC Full Text View journal details

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