OUTBREAK OF MORAXELLA-CATARRHALIS IN A RESPIRATORY UNIT

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作者
RICHARDS, SJ
GREENING, AP
ENRIGHT, MC
MORGAN, MG
MCKENZIE, H
机构
[1] UNIV ABERDEEN,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,ABERDEEN AB9 2ZD,SCOTLAND
[2] WESTERN GEN HOSP,DEPT RESP MED,EDINBURGH EH4 2XU,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
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10.1136/thx.48.1.91
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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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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