Kitasato University, Japan
Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine is needed in Japan to prevent severe Hib infections
Published in Genetics and Environmental Business Week, August 17th, 2006
Scientists in Japan conducted research "to study yearly changes in resistance and to identify ftsl mutations in beta-lactamase-non-producing ampicillin-resistant (BLNAR) and TEM-1 beta-lactamase-producing amoxicillin/clavulanic acid-resistant (BLPACR) isolates of Haemophilus influenzae from patients with meningitis."
"Between January 2000 and December 2004, we received 621 isolates of H. influenzae from 285 member institutions of the Nationwide Surveillance Study Group for Bacterial Meningitis. All isolates were analyzed by PCR to...
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