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On the Occurrence of the Micrococcus catarrhalis in Normal and Catarrhal Noses and its Differentiation from other Gram-negative Cocci

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. A. Arkwright
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(From the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.)
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The Micrococcus catarrhalis was first isolated by Kirchner (1890) from cases of influenza-like illness. Since then several epidemics of acute catarrh and bronchitis associated with this organism have been recorded.

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