Haemophilus aphrophilus as a cause of chronic suppurative pulmonary infection and intra-abdominal abscesses.
A chronic Haemophilus aphrophilus pulmonary infection associated with the formation of intra-abdominal abscesses in a previously healthy 38-year-old man is described. Other reports have related the isolation of H. aphrophilus to underlying malignant disease or, when the cause of endocarditis, to pre-existing valvular disease. The underlying condition, if any, in this case remains unclear.
Kiddy
K
K
Department of Microbiology, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, U.K.
Webberley
J
J
D000005:Abdomen; D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology