Abstract
Response to: Comment on "Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Haemophilus influenzae Isolates from Children in 2016: A Multicenter Study in China".
Highlights
Chun-Zhen Hua,1 Hong-Jiao Wang,1 Hui Yu,2 Chuan-Qing Wang,3 Ting Zhang,4 Hong Zhang,5 Shi-Fu Wang,6 Ai-Wei Lin,7 Qing Cao,8 Wei-Chun Huang,9 Hui-Ling Deng,10 San-Cheng Cao,11 and Xue-Jun Chen 12
Alveolar lavage fluid culture is another good way for determining the etiology of pneumonia, but again, it is not accepted widely because the procedure for specimen collection requires the use of fiberoptic bronchoscopy examination which is traumatic. us, sputum culture becomes the most commonly used method for etiology diagnosis in pneumonia [3, 4]. is was the reason that we tested H. influenzae isolated from sputum culture in our study
As H. influenzae is a conditional pathogen, the pathogenic bacteria may develop from normal colonizers and their antibiotic resistant patterns would be similar
Summary
Chun-Zhen Hua ,1 Hong-Jiao Wang ,1 Hui Yu ,2 Chuan-Qing Wang ,3 Ting Zhang ,4 Hong Zhang,5 Shi-Fu Wang ,6 Ai-Wei Lin ,7 Qing Cao,8 Wei-Chun Huang,9 Hui-Ling Deng ,10 San-Cheng Cao,11 and Xue-Jun Chen 12. Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) is such a conditional pathogen that colonizes the nasopharynx. H. influenzae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Culture of lung puncture specimens is the most accurate method for determining the etiology of pneumonia; it is rarely used because puncture may lead to trauma.
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