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Interaction of capsulate Haemophilus influenzae with human airway mucosa in vitro
1 Aug 1992
Abstract excerpt
Two pairs of isogenic capsulate and noncapsulate and one pair of capsulate fimbriate and nonfimbriate strains of Haemophilus influenzae type b were studied in an organ culture of human respiratory mucosa. Over 24 h, the numbers of recovered bacteria increased from the original inoculum size of 10(5) to 10(8) CFU/ml. Transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy showed that noncapsulate...
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