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A case of Haemophilus parainfluenzae pneumonia.
- Source :
-
Thorax [Thorax] 2000 Jul; Vol. 55 (7), pp. 623-4. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- A 41 year old woman presented with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) which failed to resolve following treatment with amoxycillin and cefaclor prior to referral. Quantitative culture of sputum revealed a pure growth of Haemophilus parainfluenzae and, following antibiotic susceptibility testing of the isolate, ciprofloxacin was prescribed resulting in resolution of the infection. Immunological investigations showed that the patient had a high titre of H parainfluenzae specific IgM. The combination of a pure growth of H parainfluenzae, a response to appropriate antimicrobial therapy, and the presence of a specific antibody response indicated that this organism had a pathogenic role in the patient's pneumonia and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of CAP.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Anti-Infective Agents therapeutic use
Antibodies, Bacterial blood
Blood Sedimentation drug effects
C-Reactive Protein chemistry
Ciprofloxacin therapeutic use
Community-Acquired Infections drug therapy
Community-Acquired Infections microbiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Haemophilus immunology
Haemophilus Infections drug therapy
Haemophilus Infections microbiology
Humans
Immunoglobulin A blood
Immunoglobulin M blood
Pneumonia, Bacterial drug therapy
Haemophilus isolation & purification
Haemophilus Infections complications
Pneumonia, Bacterial microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0040-6376
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Thorax
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10856326
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.55.7.623