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. 1987 Jun;31(6):966–968. doi: 10.1128/aac.31.6.966

Isolation and molecular characterization of beta-lactamase-producing Haemophilus parainfluenzae from the genital tract.

A Y Martel, P Gosselin, M Ouellette, P H Roy, M G Bergeron
PMCID: PMC284226  PMID: 3497610

Abstract

Three Haemophilus parainfluenzae strains isolated from the urogenital tract harbored a beta-lactamase-coding 3.2-megadalton plasmid identical, by restriction endonuclease digestion and hybridization with radioactive and biotin-labeled probes specific for the TEM-1 beta-lactamase and TnA sequences, to the 3.2-megadalton "African-type" plasmid found in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

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