The effect of mutations in genes required for lipopolysaccharide synthesis on Haemophilus influenzae type b colonization of human nasopharyngeal tissue

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 463-470

  Jackson, A D ^a   Maskell, D ^b   Moxon, E R ^c   Wilson, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air interface organ culture; Colonization; Haemophilus influenzae type b; Lipopolysaccharide; Mutants; Nasopharynx

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B;

EID: 0030557853     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0076     Document Type: Article

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