Clinical Features Fail to Distinguish Respiratory Infections Caused by Branhamella catarrhalis from Those Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae
Branhamella catarrhalis is being isolated with increasing frequency from patients with symptoms and signs of respiratory tract infection. Records of 77 patients were reviewed to define the spectrum of respiratory illness and to compare clinical and laboratory features with those of respiratory infec...
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| description | Branhamella catarrhalis is being isolated with increasing frequency from patients with symptoms and signs of respiratory tract infection. Records of 77 patients were reviewed to define the spectrum of respiratory illness and to compare clinical and laboratory features with those of respiratory infection due to Haemophilus influenzae. Both B catarrhalis and H influenzae caused respiratory infection predominantly in elderly males with underlying heart or lung disease. There were no clinical or laboratory features aside from sputum Gram stain and culture which differentiated the two groups. Although fewer than one-half of each group received antibiotics, no patient developed progressive respiratory disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-93bfe96f2a054e859c2c86817682a0932025-08-20T03:37:20ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321992-01-0131192210.1155/1992/489597Clinical Features Fail to Distinguish Respiratory Infections Caused by Branhamella catarrhalis from Those Caused by Haemophilus InfluenzaeKevin Roy Forward0Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaBranhamella catarrhalis is being isolated with increasing frequency from patients with symptoms and signs of respiratory tract infection. Records of 77 patients were reviewed to define the spectrum of respiratory illness and to compare clinical and laboratory features with those of respiratory infection due to Haemophilus influenzae. Both B catarrhalis and H influenzae caused respiratory infection predominantly in elderly males with underlying heart or lung disease. There were no clinical or laboratory features aside from sputum Gram stain and culture which differentiated the two groups. Although fewer than one-half of each group received antibiotics, no patient developed progressive respiratory disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1992/489597 |
| spellingShingle | Kevin Roy Forward Clinical Features Fail to Distinguish Respiratory Infections Caused by Branhamella catarrhalis from Those Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Clinical Features Fail to Distinguish Respiratory Infections Caused by Branhamella catarrhalis from Those Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae |
| title_full | Clinical Features Fail to Distinguish Respiratory Infections Caused by Branhamella catarrhalis from Those Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae |
| title_fullStr | Clinical Features Fail to Distinguish Respiratory Infections Caused by Branhamella catarrhalis from Those Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Features Fail to Distinguish Respiratory Infections Caused by Branhamella catarrhalis from Those Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae |
| title_short | Clinical Features Fail to Distinguish Respiratory Infections Caused by Branhamella catarrhalis from Those Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae |
| title_sort | clinical features fail to distinguish respiratory infections caused by branhamella catarrhalis from those caused by haemophilus influenzae |
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