Outbreak of Moraxella catarrhalis in a respiratory unit.
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The clinical and epidemiological features of an outbreak of nosocomial Moraxella catarrhalis infection in a respiratory unit are described. Six isolates from five patients were shown to be indistinguishable by immunoblotting and restriction endonuclease analysis and different from 11 other, unrelated clinical strains.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 48 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993