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Biofilm formation by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: strain variability, outer membrane antigen expression and role of pili
BACKGROUND: Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae is an important cause of otitis media in children and lower respiratory tract infection in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Several lines of evidence suggest that the bacterium grows as a biofilm in the human respiratory tract....
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BioMed Central
2002
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC113772/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11960553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-2-7 |