Studies on haemagglutination and serum resistance status of strains of moraxella catarrhalis isolated from the elderly

Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 277-282

  Murphy, Susan ^a   Fitzgerald, Margaret ^b   Mulcahy, Riona ^a   Keane, Conor ^a   Coakley, Davis ^a   Scott, Thomas ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Complement resistance; Haemagglutination; Moraxella catarrhalis; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; SPUTUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EDETIC ACID; EGTAZIC ACID; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNGITIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0030864182     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213863     Document Type: Article

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