Pneumonia due to Branhamella catarrhalis.
نویسندگان
چکیده
In 12 of 451 patients diagnosed as having pneumonia in a single hospital over 18 months the causative organism appeared to be Branhamella catarrhalis.
منابع مشابه
Therapeutic failure due to Branhamella catarrhalis in pneumoccal pneumonia.
Communications to the Editor by both cardiac Doppler examination and catheterization might have been misleading because of the low cardiac output. The correct diagnosis of critical aortic valve stenosis was possible only on the basis ofestimation ofthe valve area by Doppler study, confirmed by cardiac catheterization and later at necropsy. Our case underlines the fact that the only way to estab...
متن کاملMoraxella catarrhalis - a rediscovered pathogen
Original Article Moraxella catarrhalis lower respiratory tract infection Beta Lactamase and Pneumonia
متن کاملCommunity-Acquired Moraxella catarrhalis Bacteremic Pneumonia: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature
Moraxella (formerly Branhamella) catarrhalis was discovered at the end of the nineteenth century, and for many decades it was considered to be a harmless commensal of the upper respiratory tract. It is a Gram-negative, aerobic diplococcus considered to be the third most common pathogen isolated in childhood sinusitis and otitis media and in adult chronic lower respiratory disease, as well as an...
متن کاملmicro-organisms: possible role in pathogenicity
Five bacterial species considered to be potential pathogens in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, and pneumonia-Branhamella catarrhalis, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae-were evaluated for their potential to synthesise histamine in vitro. Bacterial species commonly isolated from infected sputum but ge...
متن کاملBranhamella (Neisseria) catarrhalis--a lower respiratory tract pathogen?
Branhamella (Neisseria) catarrhalis was identified as a probable respiratory tract pathogen in seven patients, four with pneumonia and three with bronchitis. Five of the B. catarrhalis isolates produced beta-lactamase. Production of beta-lactamase correlated with penicillin resistance by the standardized disk diffusion method and also with high minimal inhibitory concentrations of penicillin fo...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 43 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988