Moraxella catarrhalis,a Human Respiratory Tract Pathogen
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Moraxella catarrhalis, a human respiratory tract pathogen.
Moraxella catarrhalis is an exclusively human pathogen and is a common cause of otitis media in infants and children, causing 15%-20% of acute otitis media episodes. M. catarrhalis causes an estimated 2-4 million exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults annually in the United States. M. catarrhalis resembles commensal Neisseria species in culture and, thus, may be overlo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/599375