Indirect Pathogenicity of <italic toggle="yes">Haemophilus influenzae</italic> and <italic toggle="yes">Moraxella catarrhalis</italic> in Polymicrobial Otitis Media Occurs via Interspecies Quorum Signaling
ABSTRACT Otitis media (OM) is among the leading diseases of childhood and is caused by opportunists that reside within the nasopharynx, such as Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis. As with most airway infections, it is now clear that OM infections involve multiple organisms. This study...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2010-08-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00102-10 |