title: Outbreak of Moraxella catarrhalis in a respiratory unit.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Central Microbiological Laboratories, Western General Hospital, Foresterhill, Aberdeen.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Greening
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Enright
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McKenzie
mesh_terms: 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