Talk:Haemophilus influenzae
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I wish people would start putting antibiotic sensitivities on the micro-organism pages. it would make treatment a hell of a lot easier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.215.37.73 (talk) 21:16, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
gives it as first identified in 1883, as a pathogen, by RObert Koch, of the postulate, citing http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/86/6/396#R1
[edit] this article deserves its own section on the vaccine
yes, it does. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.151.239.82 (talk) 05:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Serotypes
The article suggests that unencapsulated H. influenzae is simply any H. influenza without a b serotype--that is, serotypes a, c, d, e and f (see second paragraph under "Diseases"). However, my understanding was that the serotype was due to the specific polysaccharide capsule of the bacteria, and that unencapsulated H. influenzae was categorized seperately as "nontypeable." Please clarify. Thewookie55 22:47, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] intro could be changed - common flu
another claim to why they thought it was the cause of the common flu was because it was common to get a secondary infection of H. influ after the primary infection of the viral interstitial pneumonitis (pneumonia). Tkjazzer 01:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
