dc.contributor.author | Nyong'o, AO | |
dc.contributor.author | Gadberry, JL | |
dc.contributor.author | Silverbrook, RM | |
dc.contributor.author | Kavanaugh, CS | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-08T12:54:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-08T12:54:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | J Am Osteopath Assoc May 1, 1989 vol. 89 no. 5 645 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.jaoa.org/content/89/5/645.short | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/55542 | |
dc.description.abstract | Branhamella catarrhalis is increasingly reported as a cause of pneumonia in the immunocompromised host. The authors here report what they believe to be a unique case of B catarrhalis bronchopneumonia in a patient who had previously acquired miliary tuberculosis. The patient initially responded to medication but died suddenly following a brief episode of febrile illness. At autopsy, several lines of evidence implicated B catarrhalis in the findings. The authors review the literature regarding cases of lower respiratory tract infection reportedly caused by B catarrhalis. Their own conclusion is that B catarrhalis infection is not necessarily caused by abnormal immunoglobulin, as some workers have suggested, but rather by damaged lung tissue in general and damaged bronchoalveolar cells in particular. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Branhamella catarrhalis as a cause of pneumonia in a patient with miliary tuberculosis | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Faculty of Medicine | en |