Haemophilus haemolyticus is generally considered a human commensal and is found in the nasopharynx of a minority of individuals as well as in subgingival plaque (7). Most authors consider H. haemolyticus to be either nonpathogenic (2, 4, 7, 18) or a rare pathogen (1). The latter assessment appears to be based on two reports of endocarditis from the early part of the 20th century (3, 13); howeve...

Pneumonia with bacteremia accounts for the majority (70%) of cases of invasive pneumococcal diseases. Laboratory characterization of pneumococci is routinely done by sensitivity to optochin. We identified an atypical presentation of optochin-resistant pneumococci in blood isolate of a patient with sepsis. Polymerase chain reaction for autolysin (lytA) and pneumolysin (ply) was positive in the b...

The Biden administration openly declares Washington’s intention to “play offense, act more aggressively” against China, which, in its opinion, is an “unfriendly” country and pursues a policy of “military-civilian fusion” aimed at undermining American production national security. In accordance with the doctrine “precision decoupling”, desire “actively strangle large segments Chinese technology ...