Haemophilus influenzae and the lung (Haemophilus and the lung)

Abstract Haemophilus influenzae is present as a commensal organism in the nasopharynx of most healthy adults from where it can spread to cause both systemic and respiratory tract infection. This bacterium is divided into typeable forms (such as type b) or nontypeable forms based on the presence or a...

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Main Author: Paul King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-12-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/2001-1326-1-10