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Molecular basis of increased serum resistance among pulmonary isolates of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae.
PLoS pathogens - 6 Jan 2011
Nakamura Shigeki, Shchepetov Mikhail, Dalia Ankur B, Clark Sarah E, Murphy Timothy F, Sethi Sanjay, Gilsdorf Janet R, Smith Arnold L, Weiser Jeffery N
Abstract excerpt
Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi), a common commensal of the human pharynx, is also an opportunistic pathogen if it becomes established in the lower respiratory tract (LRT). In comparison to colonizing isolates from the upper airway, LRT isolates, especially those associated with exacerb...
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