[The role of haemophilus in respiratory tract diseases in children from Silesian Center of Children Rehabilitation in Rabka].
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Abstract
In this work the frequency of isolation of rods the genus Haemophilus from children suffering from various clinical sharpes of respiratory tract diseases. All isolated strains were tested in respect of species, biotype, the ability of adhesion to oral and laryngeal epithelia and their susceptibility to routinely applied antibiotics. A strong correlation between the species and biotype of rods from the genus Haemophilus and clinical shape of respiratory tract diseases was found. It was observed that the Haemophilus rods show differences in the ability of adhesion to oral and laryngeal epithelia. Only 52% of the isolated strains were susceptible to bactrim and 88% to tetracycline.
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Zakład Bakteriologii Instytutu Mikrobiologii AM w Krakowie.
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- PubMed ID:
- 8414542
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