M. catarrhalis
Respiratory tract carrier rates of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis in adults and children and interpretation of the isolation of M catarrhalis from sputum
... DISCUSSION This paper presents the results of different studies carried out with sputa from patients with lower respiratory tract infections and with samples from the upper respiratory t[r] ...
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Development of a Disk Diffusion Method for Testing Moraxella catarrhalis Susceptibility Using Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Methods: a SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program Report
... Moraxella catarrhalis is a common commensal and occasion- ally pathogenic bacterium associated with a range of infections of the respiratory tract, including acute otitis media, acute sinusitis, and acute ...
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Quantitative Detection of Moraxella catarrhalis in Nasopharyngeal Secretions by Real Time PCR
... to M. catarrhalis can be achieved through serologic methods, paired serum specimens from the acute phase and the convalescent phase are required to document increases in the titers of specific antibodies ...
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Early acquisition and high nasopharyngeal co colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae and three respiratory pathogens amongst Gambian new borns and infants
... and M. catarrhalis at several time points during ...influenzae, M. catarrhalis and ...and M. catarrhalis increased among the neonates and exceeded 80% by 13, 15 and 23 weeks ...
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Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Potential Bacterial Pathogens Related to Day Care Attendance, with Special Reference to the Molecular Epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae
... and M. catarrhalis in the nasopharynx more often, and had symptoms of upper res- piratory tract infections more often, even after correction for the higher median age of children attending day ...
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FREQUENCY OF MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS FROM PATIENTS WITH LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN KHARTOUM STATE, SUDAN
... Moraxella catarrhalis incidence is more in individuals aged above 60 years old (Boyle et ...with M. catarrhalis were over 55 years (Chang et ...having M. catarrhalis in this study was ...
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Indirect Pathogenicity of Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis in Polymicrobial Otitis Media Occurs via Interspecies Quorum Signaling
... both M. catarrhalis and ...between M. catarrhalis and ...with M. catarrhalis would most likely have a negative impact on ...by M. catarrhalis did not inter- fere ...
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Sputum <em>Moraxella catarrhalis</em> strains exhibit diversity within and between COPD subjects
... different M. catarrhalis MLSTs being identified out of the 35 samples of which 12 MSLTs have not been described ...of M. catarrhalis strain were observed between stable visits, from stable to ...
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Sub MIC Biofilm Formation of Moraxella catarrhalis Clinical Isolates under Anaerobic Conditions
... M. catarrhalis is a significant pathogen of the respiratory tract ...of M. catarrhalis are capable of anaerobic respiration via the nitrate reductase pathway, a factor that could play a role ...
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Structure of the UspA1 protein fragment from Moraxella catarrhalis responsible for C3d binding
... Moraxella catarrhalis infects humans exclusively, causing various respiratory tract diseases, including acute otitis media in children, septicaemia or meningitis in adults, and pneumonia in the ...so, M. ...
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Clinical characteristics of the patients with bacteremia due to Moraxella catarrhalis in children: a case–control study
... of M. catarrhalis bacteremia in 17 chil- dren showed that most patients with ...M. catarrhalis bacteremia had modest elevation in body temperature (mean ± SD: ...
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Serum Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 Variations in Young Children with Acute Otitis Media
... that M. catarrhalis lipooligosaccharide (LOS) stimulates proinflammatory cytokine production and selec- tively induces ICAM-1 expression on human monocytes via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-dependent and ...
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Comparison of Restriction Enzymes for Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing of Moraxella catarrhalis
... The evaluation of the discriminatory power of SpeI with respect to that of NotI was performed on 35 nonrepeated isolates from different episodes of 31 patients with COPD that presented a complete diges- tion for NotI. As ...
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How bacteria hack the matrix and dodge the bullets of immunity
... tested M. catarrhalis clinical isolates bind collagens I, II, III, IV and VI, but the binding capacity varies between ...isolates. M. catarrhalis IgD-binding protein (MID, also known as Hag) ...
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Serum antibody response to outer membrane proteins of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis in patients with bronchopulmonary infection.
... to M. catarrhalis or representing other respiratory tract pathogens), serum from a patient from whose blood ...M. catarrhalis had been isolated was adsorbed with the bacterial species prior to ...
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Use of multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection of four bacterial species in middle ear effusions
... Bacterial strains. All bacterial strains used in this study were isolated from clinical specimens. The strains were grown on standard bacterial culture plates and were identified by standard microbiological methods (14). ...
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Effect of Pneumococcal Vaccination on Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Staphylococcus aureus in Fijian Children
... and M. catarrhalis ATCC ...of M. catarrhalis copB from 14 available GenBank entries revealed that published probes (9, 30) hybridize to a variable region of the gene, so a new primer/probe set ...
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The Respiratory Pathogen Moraxella catarrhalis Targets Collagen for Maximal Adherence to Host Tissues
... of M. catarrhalis in- teracts with collagen IV ...whether M. catarrhalis TAAs also recognize an array of human collagen ...in M. catarrhalis Bc5 (⌬uspA2) re- sulted in ...
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Lower Airway Bacterial Colonization Patterns and Species Specific Interactions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
... Recent antibiotic exposure was associated with a lower prevalence of colonization with S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, and M. catarrhalis. Chronic microbial colonization contributes to chronic inflammation and ...
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Characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Isolated from the Nasopharynges of Asymptomatic Children and Molecular Analysis of S pneumoniae and H influenzae Strain Replacement in the Nasopharynx
... and M. catarrhalis has been shown to be insignifi- cant or ...and M. catarrhalis in the orphan- age we did observe an increase in colonization during the spring (the P value for the cre`che in ...
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