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. 1987 Jul;25(7):1314–1315. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.7.1314-1315.1987

Occult bacteremia with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.

L G Rubin, K Staiman, N Kamani
PMCID: PMC269203  PMID: 3497172

Abstract

A 2-year-old boy had occult bacteremia with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae 6 weeks after receiving H. influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine. Evaluation of his host defense was normal. As determined by outer membrane protein electrophoresis and Southern hybridization analysis, this strain was not related to type b strains. Its virulence in rats was similar to that of another nontypeable strain and less than that of a type b strain.

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