Outbreak of Moraxella catarrhalis in a respiratory unit.
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.
Richards
S J
SJ
Central Microbiological Laboratories, Western General Hospital, Foresterhill, Aberdeen.
Greening
A P
AP
Enright
M C
MC
Morgan
M G
MG
McKenzie
H
H
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000235:genetics; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015183:Restriction Mapping