Clinical significance and characterization of Haemophilus influenzae type b genogroup isolated from the urine in an adult male population - Abstract

The occurrence and significance of Haemophilus spp. isolated from the genitourinary tract is not well known.

Herein, we describe the clinical significance and characteristics of H. influenzae type b genogroup isolated from genitourinary tract specimens of an adult male veteran patient population and in particular, its association with prostatitis and epididymitis.

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Dingle TC1, Clarridge JE 3rd.   Are you the author?
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Reference: J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Mar 5. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00506-14


PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24599984

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