TY - JOUR AU - Cerquetti, Marina AU - degli Atti, Marta Luisa Ciofi AU - Cardines, Rita AU - Salmaso, Stefania AU - Renna, Giovanna AU - Mastrantonio, Paola T1 - Invasive Type e Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 258 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe the first reported cases of invasive type e Haemophilus influenzae disease in Italy. All five cases occurred in adults. The isolates were susceptible to ampicillin and eight other antimicrobial agents. Molecular analysis showed two distinct type e strains circulating in Italy, both containing a single copy of the capsulation locus. KW - Haemophilus influenzae KW - invasive disease KW - adult KW - dispatch KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid0902.020142 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/2/02-0142_article ER - End of Reference