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Branhamella catarrhalis respiratory infections.

Hager, H., Verghese, A., Alvarez, S., Berk, S. L.·1987·Clinical Infectious Diseases
DOI 10.1093/clinids/9.6.1140
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Branhamella catarrhalis, a normal commensal of the oropharynx, is increasingly recognized as an important cause of bronchitis and bacterial pneumonia. Six patients with B. catarrhalis pneumonia documented by transtracheal aspirate or blood culture were studied, and 429 previously reported cases of B. catarrhalis bronchitis and pneumonia were reviewed. The mean age of patients with B. catarrhalis infection was 64.8 years, and preexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was common. The typical clinical picture was that of purulent tracheobronchitis; patients with pneumonia were not severely ill and differed from those with bronchitis mainly by the presence of patchy lower-lobe infiltrates on chest roentgenogram. Fifty-three percent of reported strains produced beta-lactamase. Thirty-nine percent of the cultures were mixed, predominantly with Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae. The microbiologic, immunologic, and clinical features of B. catarrhalis infection, as well as the antimicrobial susceptibilities of this organism, were reviewed. The reasons for the lack of recognition of this common pathogen and possible solutions were considered.

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  • M. catarrhalis is a cause of pneumonia and invasive disease such as bacteraemia and meningitis, with bacteraemia being a common complication of pneumonia, particularly in adults.

    “M. catarrhalis is a cause of pneumonia (Berg and Bartley, 1987; Hager et al., 1987; Marchant, 1990; Verduin et al., 2002) and invasive disease such as bacteraemia (Ioannidis et al., 1995) and meningitis (Newing and Christie, 1947), with bacteraemia being a common complication of pneumonia, particularly in adults (Collazos et al., 1992; Ioannidis et al., 1995).”

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Authors
Hager, H., Verghese, A., Alvarez, S., & Berk, S. L.
Affiliations
East Tennessee State University (US)
ORCID
Verghese, A.
Venue
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1987-11-01
Volume
9
Issue
6
Pages
1140-1149
ISSN
  • 1058-4838 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-6591
DOI
10.1093/clinids/9.6.1140
OpenAlex
W2029713105
Cited by
160
References
50
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI
11.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - East Tennessee State University (East Tennessee State University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Microbial infections and disease research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Keywords
Moraxella catarrhalis, bacterial pneumonia, bronchitis, respiratory infections, beta-lactamase production, antimicrobial susceptibility, mixed bacterial infection, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, underdiagnosis
MeSH terms
Antibodies, Bacterial, Moraxella catarrhalis, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Humans, Respiratory Tract Infections, Sepsis

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