Branhamella catarrhalis pneumonia with bacteremia.
A woman with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease developed pneumonia and bacteremia from Branhamella catarrhalis. This is only the fifth reported case of pneumonia with bacteremia due to this organism, which was previously considered normal upper airway flora.
Choo
P W
PW
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
Gantz
N M
NM
D000368:Aged; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D002443:Ceftriaxone; D002444:Cefuroxime