title: [Empyema due to Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis].
abstract: We present a case of empyema by Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis in a patient affected by a bronchogenic epidermoid carcinoma. We describe the basic clinical characteristics of the infection by Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis and we confirm the low incidence of empyema by such germ.
authors: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de la Vega Baja, Orihuela, Alicante.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Querol
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Custardoy
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Yagüe
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Gonzalo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Empiema por Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis.