| Literature DB >> 6837019 |
M H Louie, E L Gabay, G E Mathisen, S M Finegold.
Abstract
The diagnosis of Branhamella catarrhalis pneumonia in five cases was established by culture of pulmonary secretions obtained by transtracheal aspiration. B catarrhalis caused an acute lobar pneumonia which usually responded promptly to appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Recognition that this organism may cause pneumonia in a nonimmunocompromised person should alert clinicians to consider it as a possible pathogen when Gramnegative diplococci are seen on smears of specimens from the lower respiratory tract.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6837019 PMCID: PMC1010628
Source DB: PubMed Journal: West J Med ISSN: 0093-0415