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Branhamella catarrhalis infections
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Branhamella catarrhalis infections
Am Fam Physician.
1989 Feb.
Abstract
Branhamella (Moraxella) catarrhalis is responsible for a significant number of bronchopulmonary infections in adults, as well as otitis media and sinusitis in children. This gram-negative diplococcus is indistinguishable from Neisseria gonorrhoeae on gram-stained smear. Many strains of the organism produce beta-lactamase and are resistant to the penicillins and other beta-lactam antibiotics. When B. catarrhalis is the probable pathogen, a beta-lactamase-resistant antibiotic is the initial drug of choice in both adults and children.
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Branhamella catarrhalis infections.Am Fam Physician. 1989 Nov;40(5):34, 39. Am Fam Physician. 1989. PMID: 2510484 No abstract available.
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