HAEMOPHILUS


Meaning of HAEMOPHILUS in English

Genus of tiny rod-shaped bacteria .

All are strict parasites occurring in the respiratory tracts of warm-blooded animals, including humans, and in certain cold-blooded animals. Some require oxygen, others do not. H. influenzae causes severe bacterial diseases in young children, including meningitis, otitis, and pneumonia. Another species of Haemophilus causes a sexually transmitted disease in humans known as chancroid, or soft chancre . Yet another causes secondary infection in persons with influenza.

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