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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Moraxellaceae > Moraxella > Moraxella catarrhalis
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Moraxellaceae > Moraxella > Moraxella catarrhalis

Preferred term

Moraxella catarrhalis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Branhamella catarrhalis
  • Mikrokkokus catarrhalis
  • Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis

Note

  • infection: coord IM with MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • Gram-negative aerobic cocci of low virulence that colonize the nasopharynx and occasionally cause MENINGITIS; BACTEREMIA; EMPYEMA; PERICARDITIS; and PNEUMONIA.

History note

  • 2020 (1988) was MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS 1992-2019; was BRANHAMELLA CATARRHALIS 1988-1991; for MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS use BRANHAMELLA CATARRHALIS 1988-1991

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001936

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