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Evaluation of the virulence of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae lipooligosaccharide htrB and rfaD mutants in the chinchilla model of otitis media.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 1997
DeMaria T F, Apicella M A, Nichols W A, Leake E R
Abstract excerpt
Considerable evidence has implicated nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in the pathogenesis of otitis media (OM); however, its exact role has not been conclusively established. Recently, two NTHi LOS-deficient mutants have been created and described. Strain 2019-DK1, an rfaD gene mutant, expresses a truncated LOS consisting of only three deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid residues, a...
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