Moraxella catarrhalis, a human respiratory tract pathogen.

Frequency and Risk Factors of Moraxella catarrhalis Infection in Patients at Vali-Asr and Amirkabir Hospitals since August 2003 to March 2004

Background: Moraxella catarrhalis is Gram negative diplococci which is a member of Neisseriacae. It was considered as a harmless commensal of the upper respiratory tract. Since 1990 its pathogenecity was established and known as a common cause of respiratory infection, particularly otitis media, sinusitis and lower respiratory tract. The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence and ...

Branhamella catarrhalis: epidemiological and clinical aspects of a human respiratory tract pathogen

Moraxella catarrhalis - a rediscovered pathogen

Original Article Moraxella catarrhalis lower respiratory tract infection Beta Lactamase and Pneumonia

Lung infections. 2. Branhamella catarrhalis: epidemiological and clinical aspects of a human respiratory tract pathogen.

Physiologic cold shock increases adherence of Moraxella catarrhalis to and secretion of interleukin 8 in human upper respiratory tract epithelial cells.

Moraxella catarrhalis, a major nasopharyngeal pathogen of the human respiratory tract, is exposed to rapid and prolonged downshifts of environmental temperature when humans breathe cold air. In the present study, we show that a 26 degrees C cold shock up-regulates the expression of UspA1, a major adhesin and putative virulence factor of M. catarrhalis, by prolonging messenger RNA half-life. Col...