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. 2004 Feb;42(2):877-80.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.877-880.2004.

Characterization of Haemophilus segnis, an important cause of bacteremia, by 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Susanna K P Lau  1 , Patrick C Y Woo, Mo-Yin Mok, Jade L L Teng, Victoria K P Tam, Katie K H Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen
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Characterization of Haemophilus segnis, an important cause of bacteremia, by 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Susanna K P Lau et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

We describe the application of 16S rRNA gene sequencing in defining eight cases of bacteremia due to Haemophilus species other than Haemophilus influenzae (non-H. influenzae bacteremia) during a 7-year period. The first case of acute pyelonephritis due to Haemophilus segnis is also reported. In contrast to the extremely rare incidence of H. segnis infections reported previously, our results suggested that H. segnis is an important cause of non-H. influenzae bacteremia.

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FIG. 1.
Phylogenetic tree showing the relationship of the eight blood culture isolates from our patients to related species. The tree was inferred from 16S rRNA sequence data by the neighbor-joining method. Bootstrap values were calculated from 1,000 iterations. Scale bar, estimated number of substitutions per 100 bases by using the Jukes-Cantor correction. Names and accession numbers are given as cited in the GenBank database.
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