Moraxella catarrhalis: Pathogenic significance in respiratory tract infections treated by community practitioners

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 632-636

  Wood, Gillian M ^a   Johnson, Barbara C ^a   McCormack, Joseph G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHITIS; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029795060     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.4.632     Document Type: Article

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