TABLE 2.
Association of hmw or HMW with adherence of 58 H. influenzae isolates from different sources
| Isolate source | No. of isolates
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| Adherent
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Nonadherent
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| Total | hmwa | HMWb | HMW MAbsc | Total | hmw | HMW | HMW MAbs | |
| Carriers | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otitis media | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| COPD | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
a
hmw was detected by PCR.
b
Expression of HMW protein(s) recognized by at least one of the two polyclonal sera in a Western blot.
c
Expression of HMW protein(s) recognized by at least one of the six MAbs against HMW proteins in the whole-cell ELISA.