Tissue culture adherence and haemagglutination characteristics of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-114

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

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Electron microscopy; Hemagglutination; HEp 2 cell line; Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis; Spicule like structure; Tissue culture adherence assay; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; PERIODIC ACID; PRONASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0032896562     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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