Table 3.

Distribution of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae biotypes in healthy people and in patients with sarcoidosis

	Healthy people	Patients with sarcoidosis
Biotype	Nasopharynx	Nasopharynx	Sputum	Total
	No. (%) of isolates
Haemophilus influenzae	n = 1		n = 19
II	0 (0)	3 (15.8)	0 (0)	3 (15.8)
III	0 (0)	2 (10.5)	7 (36.8)	9 (47.4)
VI	1 (100)	1 (5.3)	4 (21.1)	5 (26.3)
VIII	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (10.5)	2 (10.5)
Haemophilus parainfluenzae	n = 65		n = 96
I	38 (58.5)	25 (26.0)	33 (34.4)	58 (60.4)
II	13 (20.0)	15 (15.6)	14 (14.6)	29 (30.2)
III	8 (12.3)	5 (5.2)	1 (1.04)	6 (6.3)
IV	4 (6.2)	1 (1.04)	0 (0)	1 (1.04)
VI	1 (1.5)	1 (1.04)	0 (0)	1 (1.04)
VII	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1.04)	1 (1.04)
VIII	1 (1.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)