Alvarez M, Potel C, Rey L, Rodriguez-Sousa T, Otero I
Research Unit, Hospital Xeral-Cies, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Clínica Fatima, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
Scand J Infect Dis. 1999;31(2):212-3. doi: 10.1080/003655499750006344.
Haemophilus parainfluenzae was isolated from the bile specimens of 2 patients with acute cholecystitis. The strains were genetically unrelated by the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). The 2 H. parainfluenzae strains represented 11.7% of all positive bile cultures inoculated in blood culture bottles. The routine inoculation of bile specimens in media able to support growth of Haemophilus species should be considered.
