Bacteria of the genus Haemophilus isolated from blood in the Section of Bacteriology, Instituto Adolfo Lutz in the period of 1979 to 1991
Vol. 54 No. 2 (1994), ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Vol. 54 No. 2 (1994)

Bacteria of the genus Haemophilus isolated from blood in the Section of Bacteriology, Instituto Adolfo Lutz in the period of 1979 to 1991

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
https://doi.org/10.53393/rial.1994.54.35692
Published 1994-12-30
Maria de Fátima Paiva Vieira
Seção de Bacteriologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP
Braz Mezzacapa-Neto
Seção de Bacteriologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP
Ilka Maria Landgraf
Seção de Bacteriologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP
Sônia Shizue Okita Buschinelli
Seção de Bacteriologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP
Maria Lucia Cecconi Tondella
Seção de Bacteriologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP
Maria Cristina de Cunto Brandileone
Seção de Bacteriologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP
Vera Simonsen Dias Vieira
Seção de Bacteriologia do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP
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Keywords

Haemophilus influenzae
Biotypes
Serotypes
H. influenza biovar aegyptius
H. parainfluenzae
Blood culture

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Vieira M de FP, Mezzacapa-Neto B, Landgraf IM, Buschinelli SSO, Tondella MLC, Brandileone MC de C, Vieira VSD. Bacteria of the genus Haemophilus isolated from blood in the Section of Bacteriology, Instituto Adolfo Lutz in the period of 1979 to 1991. Rev Inst Adolfo Lutz [Internet]. 1994 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 26];54(2):88-92. Available from: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/35692
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From blood cultures, 267 strains of the Haemophilus genus were isolated and identified in the Seção de Bacteriologia of the Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, in the period 1979 to 1991 H. influenzae accounted for 91,0% (243 strains) of the total cases, with biotype I (65,9%) predominating, followed by biotypes II (29,6%), III (2,1%), IV (0,8%), and V (1,6%). In most cases serotype b was predominant (93,0%), and only one strain was characterized as serotype f. H influenzae biovar aegyptius ocorred in 7,5% of these cases, having ali the 20 isolated strains shown the phenotype and genotype characteristics of the etiologic agent of the Brazilian Purpuric Fever. H. parainfluenzae was identified in 4 of the strains, being two of biovar I, and one each of biovar II and V. Concerning the number of blood samples of every patient, it was noteworthy that in 29,5% of the cases, the etiologic agent did not develop in all of the samples, showing the meaning of multiple blood samples for the diagnosis of invasive diseases.

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