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Case Reports
. 1983 Jan;138(1):47-9.

Branhamella catarrhalis pneumonia

M H Louie, E L Gabay, G E Mathisen, S M Finegold
Case Reports

Branhamella catarrhalis pneumonia

M H Louie et al. West J Med. 1983 Jan.

Abstract

The diagnosis of Branhamella catarrhalis pneumonia in five cases was established by culture of pulmonary secretions obtained by transtracheal aspiration. B catarrhalis caused an acute lobar pneumonia which usually responded promptly to appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Recognition that this organism may cause pneumonia in a nonimmunocompromised person should alert clinicians to consider it as a possible pathogen when Gramnegative diplococci are seen on smears of specimens from the lower respiratory tract.

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