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SUBMITTER: Sanchez S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC515265 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sanchez Susan S Mizan Shaikh S Quist Charlotte C Schroder Patricia P Juneau Michelle M Dawe Donald D Ritchie Branson B Lee Margie D MD
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology 20040901 5
Pasteurella multocida is a mucosal pathogen that colonizes the upper respiratory system of rabbits. Respiratory infections can result, but the bacteria can also invade the circulatory system, producing abscesses or septicemia. P. multocida produces extracellular sialidase activity, which is believed to augment colonization of the respiratory tract and the production of lesions in an active infection. Previously, it was demonstrated that some isolates of P. multocida contain two unique sialidase ...[more]