Study on serotyping of Haemophilus influenzae and the positive rates of β-lactamase
WANG Guifang,LUO Wentong,XIU Qingyu,et al.
Department of Respiratory Diseases Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433
【Abstract】 Objective To investigate the serotypes of both infectious and carriage strains of Haemophilus influenzae (Hi)and to evaluate the prevalence of β-lactamase of major serotypes in Shanghai. Methods The 534 specimens of sputum and swabs from patients with acute upper or lower respiratory tract infection and 255 cases of control group were collected and incubated on improved Collumbia chocolate medium. All isolated Haemophilus influenzae strains were serotyped by slide agglutinating assay or reverse indirect blood agglutinating method. β-lactamase were measured by iodine test and paper disc method. Results In the patient group, of the 164 Hi strains there were 69 Hib strains (42%,69/164) and 91 NTHi(56%,91/164).In the control group,there were 14 strains of Hib and 49 strains of NTHi among 66 strains of Hi,which were isolated from 255 specimens(26%,66/255). 24%(38/160) of Hi in the patient group produced β-lactamase .In this group,the positive rate of β-lactamase was 29%(20/69) for Hib strains and 20%(18/91) for NTHi strains.Sixteen strains resisting to ampicillin were β-lactamase negative. Conclusions These results indicate that Hib and NTHi are the major serotypes of Hi in both the patient and control group.The prevalence of Hib is higher in patients than in the control.Hib strains are more likely to produce β-lactamase than NTHi.
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