Ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus paraphrophilus laryngo-epiglottitis

Abstract
A [human] case of life-threatening laryngo-epiglottitis is reported, caused by ampicillin-resistant H. paraphrophilus. Clinicians and microbiologists should be aware of a .beta.-lactamase-mediated resistance among Haemophilus species other than H. influenzae.