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. 1993 Mar;31(3):743–745. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.3.743-745.1993

Biotypes and serotypes of Haemophilus influenzae from patients with meningitis in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

I M Landgraf 1, M F Vieira 1
PMCID: PMC262861  PMID: 8458978

Abstract

A total of 1,094 Haemophilus influenzae isolates from cerebrospinal fluid were examined by biochemical and serological means. Most of them belonged to biotype I (70.9%) and to serotype b (99.4%). The relationship of biotypes I and II to the ages of the patients was shown to be significant (P < 0.001).

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