| Literature DB >> 16757647 |
Daniel M Musher1, Aran Cunningham Nichol, Adriana M Rueda.
Abstract
Haemophilus influenzae rarely causes spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. We describe a typical case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in which the causative organism was identified as nontypeable H. influenzae, biotype III. Infection progressed despite the presence of adequate serum bactericidal antibody, probably due to the absence of complement in ascites fluid.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16757647 PMCID: PMC1489424 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02066-05
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948