title: Lower respiratory tract infection due to Branhamella catarrhalis, two case reports.
abstract: We describe two cases of lower respiratory tract infection due to Branhamella catarrhalis in elderly patients. The diagnosis was confirmed by isolation of the organism from the sputa in pure growth and also by response to treatment with appropriate antibiotics. Both patients had predisposing factors: one had chronic bronchial asthma and was also on corticosteroids during the illness and the other had chronic obstructive lung disease. Previously reported cases are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology