PEDIATRICS Vol. 68 No. 2 August 1981, pp. 253-254
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Simultaneous Recovery of beta-Lactamase-Negative and beta-Lactamase-Positive Haemophilus influenzae Type b from Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Neonate

Prudence Stewardson-Krieger MD1 and Shrinivas Naidu MD1

1 Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois

A case of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in a neonate from whom both a beta-lactamase-negative and a beta-lactamase-positive strain were isolated simultaneously is reported. Both bacteriology laboratory technicians and clinicians should be aware of this phenomenon when performing sensitivity tests on H influenzae isolates or treating patients with serious H influenzae infection.

Submitted on August 18, 1980
Accepted on October 15, 1980