caa a22 4500 465769187 CHVBK 20180323111924.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00150441 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00150441 The occurrence of Branhamella catarrhalis and other commensal Neisseriaceae in clinical sputum specimens in Lagos, Nigeria [Elektronische Daten] [M. Obi, T. Animashaun, T. Odugbemi] Branhamella catarrhalis and other commensal Neisseria species were isolated from 200 out of 500 sputum samples from patients with lower respiratory tract (LRT) infections at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). B. catarrhalis was isolated from 60 (12%). The isolation rates for other Neisseria species were as follows: N. mucosa from 45 (9%), N. sicca from 40 (8%), N. lactamica from 35 (7%), N. cinerea from 12 (2.4%) and N. subflava from 8 (1.6%). B. catarrhalis occurred in pure cultures in 15 (25%) of the 60 samples positive for this organism. Twenty (33%) out of the 60 N. catarrhalis isolates were beta-lactamase positive. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Branhamella catarrhalis nationallicence Beta-lactamase producers nationallicence Lower respiratory tract infections nationallicence Lagos nationallicence Obi M. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, P.M.B., 12003, Lagos, Nigeria aut Animashaun T. National Institute for Medical Research, Edmund Crescent, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria aut Odugbemi T. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, P.M.B., 12003, Lagos, Nigeria aut European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/3(1990-09-01), 323-325 0393-2990 6:3<323 1990 6 10654 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150441 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150441 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Obi M. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, P.M.B., 12003, Lagos, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Animashaun T. National Institute for Medical Research, Edmund Crescent, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Odugbemi T. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, P.M.B., 12003, Lagos, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/3(1990-09-01), 323-325 0393-2990 6:3<323 1990 6 10654 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer