Bacteria Haemophilus influenzae

The Haemophilus influenzae bacterium is a member of the family of gamma-proteobacteria, belonging to the order Rhizobiales, class alpha-proteobacteria, order 33, common to γ-proteobacteria and α-proteobacteria. Diseases that are caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B are epiglottitis (inflammation of the epiglottis), acute pharyngitis and pandas (inflammation of the auditory tubes - ear diseases), as well as meningitis. This is one of the causes of epidemic-parasitic (infectious) human diseases. Today, bacteria of this group are used in a number of countries in the intravenous therapy of chronic granulomatous conditions of the lung and as therapeutic allergens in the treatment of protracted forms of allergic vasculitis. The presence of spirichete-like and weakly branched rod-shaped forms of hemophils capable of encapsulation in the sputum or upper respiratory tract of patients with bronchial asthma, in children, as well as in acute sinusitis, is considered a sign of mycoplasma infection. Bacterial cell complexes together with fibroblast leukocytes form histiocytes - intracellular parasites, well cultured in vitro, which often cause inflammatory diseases of the eyes (episcleritis, uveitis), lungs (pharyngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis) and keratitis. Of the 12 known types of pathogens of this type of bacteria, only 2 are pathogenic for humans - Neisseria (N. catarrhalis) and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib).

N. catarrhalis opportunistic flora