Ribotyping, biotyping and capsular typing of Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from patients in Campinas, southeast Brazil
Forty-five Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from patients were characterized based on biochemical characteristics. Their capsular types were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR); they were compared, using two molecular methods [ribotyping with a specific DNA probe amplified from the 16S rDNA region from H. influenzae and through restriction fragment length polymorphism (RLFP) of an amplified 16S DNA region]. The strains were better discriminated by the ribotyping technique that used the 16S probe and by the combination of both techniques. Biotypes I and IV were the most common, followed by biotypes VI, VIII and III. Biotypes II and VII were not found. Most of the capsular samples were nontypable (89%), with capsular types a and b found in 2 and 9% of the samples, respectively. We concluded that there is a very close genetic identity among pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains.
Main Authors: | Lancellotti,Marcelo, Pace,Fernanda de, Stehling,Eliana Guedes, Villares,Maria Cecília Barisson, Brocchi,Marcelo, Silveira,Wanderley Dias da |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
2008
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000500015 |
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