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Descriptor English: Moraxella catarrhalis
Descriptor Spanish: Moraxella catarrhalis
Descriptor Moraxella catarrhalis
Entry term(s) Branhamella catarrhalis
Mikrokkokus catarrhalis
Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis
Scope note: Cocos aerobios gramnegativos, de baja virulencia, que colonizan la nasofaringe y ocasionalmente causan MENINGITIS, BACTERIEMIA, EMPIEMA, PERICARDITIS y NEUMONÍA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Moraxella catarrhalis
Descriptor French: Moraxella catarrhalis
Entry term(s): Branhamella catarrhalis
Mikrokkokus catarrhalis
Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.425.537.525.200
B03.660.250.530.525.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001936
Scope note: Gram-negative aerobic cocci of low virulence that colonize the nasopharynx and occasionally cause MENINGITIS; BACTEREMIA; EMPYEMA; PERICARDITIS; and PNEUMONIA.
Annotation: infection: coord IM with MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Registry Number: txid480
Previous Indexing: Moraxella (1983-1987)
Neisseria (1975-1987)
Neisseriaceae (1975-1987)
Public MeSH Note: 2020; was MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS 1992-2019; was BRANHAMELLA CATARRHALIS 1988-1991; for MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS see BRANHAMELLA CATARRHALIS 1988-1991
History Note: 2020 (1988) was MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS 1992-2019; was BRANHAMELLA CATARRHALIS 1988-1991; for MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS use BRANHAMELLA CATARRHALIS 1988-1991
DeCS ID: 30307
Unique ID: D001936
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1988/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/05/07
Revision Date: 2020/01/28
Moraxella catarrhalis - Preferred
Concept UI M0002891
Scope note Gram-negative aerobic cocci of low virulence that colonize the nasopharynx and occasionally cause MENINGITIS; BACTEREMIA; EMPYEMA; PERICARDITIS; and PNEUMONIA.
Preferred term Moraxella catarrhalis
Entry term(s) Branhamella catarrhalis
Mikrokkokus catarrhalis
Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis



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