Forward K R
Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Can J Infect Dis. 1992 Jan;3(1):19-22. doi: 10.1155/1992/489597.
Branhamella catarrhalis is being isolated with increasing frequency from patients with symptoms and signs of respiratory tract infection. Records of 77 patients were reviewed to define the spectrum of respiratory illness and to compare clinical and laboratory features with those of respiratory infection due to Haemophilus influenzae. Both B catarrhalis and H influenzae caused respiratory infection predominantly in elderly males with underlying heart or lung disease. There were no clinical or laboratory features aside from sputum Gram stain and culture which differentiated the two groups. Although fewer than one-half of each group received antibiotics, no patient developed progressive respiratory disease.
从有呼吸道感染症状和体征的患者中分离出卡他布兰汉菌的频率越来越高。回顾了77例患者的记录，以确定呼吸道疾病的范围，并将临床和实验室特征与流感嗜血杆菌引起的呼吸道感染进行比较。卡他布兰汉菌和流感嗜血杆菌主要在患有潜在心脏或肺部疾病的老年男性中引起呼吸道感染。除了痰革兰氏染色和培养外，没有其他临床或实验室特征可以区分这两组。尽管每组中不到一半的患者接受了抗生素治疗，但没有患者出现进行性呼吸道疾病。
