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Complement-resistant Moraxella catarrhalis forms a genetically distinct lineage within the species.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Mar 2000
Verduin C M, Kools-Sijmons M, van der Plas J, Vlooswijk J, Tromp M, van Dijk H, Banks J, Verbrugh H, van Belkum A
Abstract excerpt
Moraxella catarrhalis is a bacterial species that has been implicated in 15-20% of all cases of otitis media in the USA and the complement-resistant variant of M. catarrhalis has been considered particularly pathogenic. A collection of geographically diverse, complement-sensitive (n=28) and -resistant strains (n=47) of M. catarrhalis was assembled in order to analyse the bacterial population structure. All...
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