Active Copper- and Zinc-Containing Superoxide Dismutase in the Cryptic Genospecies of Haemophilus Causing Urogenital and Neonatal Infections Discriminates Them from Haemophilus influenzae Sensu Stricto

Abstract

The presence of active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in isolates of the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus , responsible for urogenital, neonatal, and mother-infant infections, can be used as a biochemical marker to discriminate them from H. influenzae sensu stricto strains.