Open AccessMicrobiological Characterization of Haemophilus influenzae Isolated from Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital, South India
Author(s) -
Padmaja Ananth Shenoy,
Kiran Chawla,
Shashidhar Vishwanath,
Dipika Shaw
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18612.7892
Subject(s) - haemophilus influenzae , ampicillin , serotype , genotyping , respiratory tract infections , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , haemophilus , respiratory tract , amp resistance , lower respiratory tract infection , typing , copd , antibiotics , respiratory system , virology , genotype , biology , bacteria , gene , biochemistry , genetics
Haemophilus influenzae is responsible for wide range of localized and invasive lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) with the highest burden of disease in low and middle income countries.