Haemophilus haemolyticus is infrequently misidentified as Haemophilus influenzae in diagnostic specimens in Australia.

Authors :: Zhang B
Kunde D
Tristram S
Source :: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease [Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis] 2014 Dec; Vol. 80 (4), pp. 272-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Sep 06.
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: The commensal Haemophilus haemolyticus is difficult to differentiate from the respiratory pathogen Haemophilus influenzae using phenotypic tests. In a study that used molecular tests to retrospectively identify 447 phenotypically identified H. influenzae isolates from diagnostic specimens in Australia, only 7 (1.5%) H. haemolyticus were identified.<br /> (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Australia
Diagnostic Errors
Haemophilus classification
Haemophilus genetics
Haemophilus pathogenicity
Haemophilus influenzae classification
Haemophilus influenzae genetics
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Respiratory Tract Infections diagnosis
Respiratory Tract Infections microbiology
Retrospective Studies
Haemophilus isolation & purification
Haemophilus Infections diagnosis
Haemophilus Infections microbiology

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