Moraxella catarrhalis is only a weak activator of the mannose-binding lectin (MBL) pathway of complement activation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-209

  Hays, John P ^a   Ott, Alewijn ^a   Verduin, Cees M ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Kuipers, Saskia ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complement activation; Mannose binding lectin; Moraxella catarrhalis

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HEMOLYSIS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION;

CHILD; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 23644452974     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.05.048     Document Type: Article

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