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| bacterial infections of the upper respiratory airways and beta-lactam antibiotics. | infections of the upper respiratory tract, including the middle ear cleft, still create therapeutic problems. although rhinitis is usually a virus infection, the infection of the paranasal sinuses are almost invariably of bacterial origin. pneumococci, h. influenzae and anaerobes are the bacterial species most frequently isolated. in acute otitis media, pneumococci, h. influenzae and as demonstrated during the last few years, branhamella catarrhalis constitutes the main pathogens. anaerobes domi ... | 1984 | 6597557 |
| branhamella catarrhalis septicaemia in a granulocytopenic patient. | a patient with acute leukaemia developed a maxillary sinusitis and septicaemia with branhamella catarrhalis during the period of bone marrow hypoplasia. one blood culture also grew staphylococcus aureus. in the same period, the patient developed tender red skin lesions and disseminated intra-vascular coagulation. the patient recovered when therapy with high dosages of amoxicillin was instituted. at the same time, however, the bone marrow recovered. | 1984 | 6590467 |
| bacteriological aspects of infections of the upper respiratory tract. | in this introductory presentation, the bacteriology of acute otitis media, sinusitis and orofacial infections is surveyed, and recent data on antibiotic resistance of the most common pathogenic bacteria are reported. in addition, the difference in the immunogenic effect of capsular polysaccharides from pneumococci and haemophilus influenzae in children of different ages is mentioned. in acute otitis media and sinusitis, pneumococci and h. influenzae are the most common isolates followed in frequ ... | 1983 | 6580737 |
| treatment of maxillary sinusitis. | most patients with sinusitis are treated by general practitioners. since these doctors generally do not puncture the maxillary sinus, they can not be certain that the patient has a purulent sinus infection, which is the most important sign for determining whether or not the patient should have an antibiotic. thus, the doctor has to rely on symptoms that are most characteristic of a purulent sinusitis. the symptoms are described and the bacteria most frequently seen in sinusitis are mentioned (ha ... | 1983 | 6580735 |
| clinical aspects on bacterial infections in the upper respiratory tract. | acute respiratory tract infections represent the major cause of morbidity in younger age groups. most of these infections involve the upper respiratory tract. the frequency of respiratory tract infections vary not only with age, but also with season of the year and the epidemiological situation. surveys of the incidence and aetiology of these infections must therefore cover large populations during relatively long periods of time. in the developed countries, the mortality in respiratory tract in ... | 1983 | 6580730 |
| [antibiotic sensitivity of branhamella catarrhalis isolated from respiratory tract infections]. | the efficacy of antibiotics including some newly developed penicillins and cephems on clinically isolated branhamella catarrhalis was evaluated in vitro. among 44 strains of b. catarrhalis which were isolated from expectorated sputum of patients with respiratory tract infections 36 strains were proved to produce beta-lactamase. mics of penicillins for beta-lactamase positive strains ranged from less than or equal to 0.05 to 3.13 micrograms/ml, while those for beta-lactamase negative strains were ... | 1984 | 6567671 |
| diagnostic value of interactions between members of the family neisseriaceae and lectins. | the lectin slide agglutination test for neisseria gonorrhoeae has been modified and improved. results show that wheat germ agglutinin and soybean lectin agglutinate 100% (193 of 193 tested) of clinical isolates of n. gonorrhoeae. lectin-reactive meningococci can be readily identified by the hydrolysis of gamma-glutamyl-beta-naphthylamide. branhamella catarrhalis, neisseria lactamica, neisseria sicca, neisseria subflava, neisseria perflava, and meningococcal serogroups a, b, c, x, y, and z do not ... | 1984 | 6546936 |
| erythromycin in the treatment of otitis media with effusion (ome). | previous studies have shown erythromycin to penetrate into both the middle-ear effusion and the adenoid tissue in children with otitis media with effusion (ome). the levels obtained were similar to the plasma levels. cultures in long-standing cases of ome have yielded respiratory pathogens--haemophilus influenzae, streptococcus pneumoniae and branhamella catarrhalis--in the nasopharynx in 79 per cent and in the middle-ear effusion in 18 per cent. in the present investigation a group of children ... | 1984 | 6540792 |
| antimicrobial susceptibility of branhamella catarrhalis isolates from bronchopulmonary infections. | fifty-four clinical isolates of branhamella catarrhalis from patients with bronchopulmonary infections were studied. the mics for 50 and 90% of the isolates and the geometric mean mics were determined for 11 antimicrobial agents. all the strains were resistant to trimethoprim but were susceptible to clavulanate-potentiated amoxicillin (augmentin; beecham research laboratories, london), chloramphenicol, co-trimoxazole, erythromycin, cefotaxime, and cefuroxime. beta-lactamase-negative strains were ... | 1984 | 6508272 |
| a study by high-resolution two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of relationships between neisseria gonorrhoeae and other bacteria. | high-resolution two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to analyse the soluble proteins from seven strains of neisseria gonorrhoeae, six strains of neisseria meningitidis and one or two strains of twelve other species. approximately 200 individual polypeptides could be visualized as coomassie blue stained spots on an electrophoretogram of n. gonorrhoeae and similar numbers were found for the other bacteria. each species of bacterium had a distinctly different pattern of spots ... | 1984 | 6440950 |
| [a case of legionnaires' disease and branhamella catarrhalis pneumonia complicated with malignant lymphoma]. | 1984 | 6440926 | |
| immunological identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae with monoclonal and polyclonal antibody coagglutination reagents. | the reliability of immunological identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae using polyclonal and monoclonal antibody coagglutination reagents has been evaluated. when clinical isolates of neisseriae were tested in an "in use" trial the sensitivity and specificity of each reagent were similar and the overall agreement with carbohydrate utilisation was 97.9% (141/144) for the polyclonal antibody reagent and 97.2% (140/144) for the monoclonal reagent. when results of testing 13 stock cultures of n lac ... | 1984 | 6438184 |
| activity of common antibiotics against branhamella catarrhalis, haemophilus influenzae, pneumococci, group a streptococci and staphylococcus aureus in 1983. | the activity of phenoxymethylpenicillin (pcv), ampicillin, cefaclor, cefuroxime, chloramphenicol, co trimoxazole, doxycycline and erythromycin against clinical isolates of branhamella catarrhalis, haemophilus influenzae, pneumococci, group a streptococci and staphylococcus aureus in 1983 was investigated with the mic-method (plate-dilution technique). forty-six percent of b. catarrhalis, 2% of h. influenzae and 78% of s. aureus were beta-lactamase producing and had high mic-values for penicillin ... | 1984 | 6437134 |
| [6 cases with chronic lower airway infection due to branhamella catarrhalis assessed by transtracheal aspiration--with special reference to polymicrobial infection]. | 1984 | 6436402 | |
| evaluation of gonochek-ii as a rapid identification system for pathogenic neisseria species. | the gonochek-ii test kit (e-y laboratories, san mateo, calif.) may be used to rapidly identify (within 30 min) neisseria gonorrhoeae, neisseria meningitidis, neisseria lactamica, and branhamella catarrhalis. the kit consists of oxidase swabs, chromogenic substrates, and ey-20 reagent (diazonium salt derivative). a beta-lactamase tube is also included. fifty-two clinical isolates were tested from cervical (22 isolates), urethral (13), throat (11), rectal (5), and urine (1) sources. all strains we ... | 1984 | 6436315 |
| [characteristics of nonpathogenic neisseria and branhamella catarrhalis based on cytopathogenicity]. | the study of the action of 12 neisseria species belonging to 112 strains, 6 b. catarrhalis strains and 202 meningococcal strains on the culture of continuous cell line f1 (human amniotic cells) has revealed that nonpathogenic neisseria are essentially weaker than meningococci in their pathogenicity (expressed in terms of cpd50). among nonpathogenic neisseria highly cytopathogenic strains occur in 13.9% of cases, which gives grounds for considering them opportunistic bacteria. sharply pronounced ... | 1984 | 6435356 |
| conjugation of plasmids of neisseria gonorrhoeae to other neisseria species: potential reservoirs for the beta-lactamase plasmid. | the discovery that penicillinase production in neisseria gonorrhoeae was plasmid mediated and the spread of the beta-lactamase encoding plasmids in gonococcal isolates since 1976, raise the possibility that a nonpathogenic indigenous bacterium could serve as a reservoir for these plasmids. we initiated studies to define the ability of commensal neisseria species and branhamella catarrhalis strains, as well as strains of the pathogen neisseria meningitidis, to serve as recipients in conjugation w ... | 1984 | 6434640 |
| differentiation of gonococcal and non-gonococcal neisseriae by the superoxol test. | we evaluated the superoxol (catalase) test as a means of differentiating gonococci from related species of organisms which were cultured from a variety of anatomical sites. an isolate was almost certainly not a gonococcus if it gave a negative superoxol test result, as all but one of 596 available gonococci gave positive test results. however, a proportion of the non-gonococcal neisseriae and isolates of branhamella catarrhalis, also gave positive test results. the superoxol test is thus a usefu ... | 1984 | 6423211 |
| bronchopulmonary infection due to branhamella catarrhalis. | over six months branhamella catarrhalis was isolated in pure culture from the sputum of 81 patients with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection. of 38 patients who were infected in the community, over half required admission to hospital. the remaining 43 patients acquired the infection in hospital. forty one of the 81 isolates produced beta-lactamase, 24 of these being hospital acquired infections. as a result 40% of patients who were treated with ampicillin did not respond. most patients ... | 1983 | 6416451 |
| acute otitis media in older children and adults treated with phenoxymethyl penicillin or erythromycin stearate. bacteriological and immunological aspects. | seventy-eight patients, all over 10 years of age, with clinical signs of acute otitis media, received either phenoxymethyl penicillin or erythromycin stearate, in a randomized manner, and the clinical, bacteriological and immunological effects were studied. haemophilus influenzae and streptococcus pneumoniae were the major pathogens isolated from the nasopharynx in 30 and 28 patients, respectively. increased levels of c-reactive protein (crp) were detected in 53 (68%) of the patients. there was ... | 1983 | 6416018 |
| secretory otitis media: microbiology of the middle ear and the nasopharynx. | specimens for bacterial culture were obtained from 117 children with secretory otitis media (som). from the nasopharynx streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae, branhamella catarrhalis and group a streptococci were isolated in 79% of the patients. of 168 ear exudates, 30 yielded growth (18%) from 26 of the patients (22%). pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides could not be detected in exudates assayed by counterimmunoelectrophoresis. the recovery rate of bacteria from the ear exudates wa ... | 1984 | 6387891 |
| the significance of nongonococcal, nonmeningococcal neisseria isolates from blood cultures. | nongonococcal, nonmeningococcal neisseriae are part of the normal respiratory flora and infrequently cause disease. these organisms include neisseria lactamica, neisseria mucosa, neisseria sicca, neisseria flavescens, neisseria subflava , neisseria perflava , neisseria flava , and branhamella catarrhalis (previously classified as neisseria catarrhalis). blood cultures positive for these bacteria have been associated with serious infections, including endocarditis, septicemia, and meningitis. in ... | 1984 | 6374834 |
| use of the api neident system for identification of pathogenic neisseria spp. and branhamella catarrhalis. | the api neident system (analytab products, plainview, n.y.) was evaluated for identifying neisseria spp. and branhamella catarrhalis commonly isolated from clinical specimens. the system identified 90% of 303 neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates, 71% of 113 neisseria meningitidis isolates, and 63% of 16 neisseria lactamica isolates but failed to identify any of 22 b. catarrhalis isolates. testing of gonococcal strains of various auxotypes revealed no relationship between nutritional requirements and n ... | 1984 | 6371040 |
| the antimicrobial activity of cephalexin against old and new pathogens. | the present report reviews the significant in vitro characteristics of cephalexin based on data published since 1967 (wick, 1967). whenever possible, current data on the action spectrum of cephalexin are compared with previous results, and the significance of in vitro activity to therapeutic efficacy is evaluated in the light of current clinical reports. recent observations are presented on the in vitro action of cephalexin against newly recognized bacterial pathogens, such as beta-lactamase-pro ... | 1983 | 6364091 |
| treatment of acute maxillary sinusitis in childhood: a comparative study of amoxicillin and cefaclor. | maxillary sinus aspiration and quantitative culture of the aspirate were performed in 50 patients, ranging in age from 1 to 16 years, with clinical and radiographic evidence of acute sinusitis. of 79 sinuses aspirated, at least one was found to be infected in 35 (70%) children. streptococcus pneumoniae, branhamella catarrhalis, and haemophilus influenzae were the most common organisms recovered. all h. influenzae were nontypeable. twenty percent of the h. influenzae and 27% of the b. catarrhalis ... | 1984 | 6363660 |
| antibiotic sensitivity of haemophilus influenzae, streptococcus pneumoniae, streptococcus pyogenes and branhamella catarrhalis isolated from upper respiratory tract infections in sweden. | isolates of haemophilus influenzae, streptococcus pneumoniae, streptococcus pyogenes and branhamella catarrhalis were collected from five laboratories in different geographical areas in sweden. nine hundred and fortyfour strains were tested by the agar dilution method for susceptibility to seven oral antibiotics: phenoximethylpenicillin, ampicillin, cefaclor, erythromycin, doxycycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and chloramphenicol. the h. influenzae and b. catarrhalis strains were also teste ... | 1983 | 6359377 |
| development of a test system for rapid differentiation of neisseria and haemophilus spp. | a qualitative micromethod (ids rapid nh system) employing conventional and single-substrate enzyme tests was developed for the biochemical characterization of neisseria spp., haemophilus spp., and other gram-negative species. a total of over 140 dehydrated, miniaturized biochemical tests were investigated for their ability to distinguish species. computer-assisted test selection and pair separation analysis of the data allowed the selection of 11 4-h tests that would identify haemophilus and nei ... | 1983 | 6358247 |
| branhamella catarrhalis as a cause of bacteremic pneumonia. | a new enzyme immunoassay was used to confirm the pathogenetic role of branhamella catarrhalis in a diabetic young man with pneumonia affecting the left lower lobe with pleural involvement. his temperature rise was only minimal, but his esr and blood leucocyte count were elevated and one blood culture grew b. catarrhalis. the levels of branhamella antibodies of the igg and iga classes were high and rose during the infection. | 1983 | 6342127 |
| [branhamella catarrhalis--a respiratory tract pathogen with the ability to produce beta-lactamases]. | 1984 | 6334796 | |
| bacteriology of chronic tonsillitis in young adults. | tonsils were obtained from 22 young adults (mean age, 23 years) suffering from chronic tonsillitis. mixed aerobic and anaerobic flora was obtained from core tonsillar cultures in all patients, yielding an average of 9.0 isolates (5.3 anaerobes and 3.7 aerobes) per specimen. the predominant anaerobic isolates were bacteroides sp, fusobacterium sp, and gram-positive cocci. the predominant aerobic isolates were alpha-hemolytic streptococci, staphylococcus aureus, branhamella catarrhalis, beta-hemol ... | 1984 | 6334513 |
| branhamella catarrhalis: an unappreciated pulmonary pathogen. | branhamella catarrhalis is being increasingly identified as an important pulmonary pathogen, particularly in elderly patients with chronic obstructive lung disease. this gram-negative diplococcus can readily be isolated and detected in respiratory secretions. laboratory identification requires care and beta-lactamase testing. recognition of lower respiratory tract disease caused by b. catarrhalis is rewarding, since safe and effective therapy exists to treat these patients. | 1984 | 6333806 |
| pathogenicity of branhamella catarrhalis. | branhamella catarrhalis--a gram-negative diplococcus--differs biochemically from other neisseriaceae and possesses a specific protein with antigenic properties. although scattered cases of meningitis and endocarditis have been reported since 1907, b. catarrhalis has been considered a non-pathogenic, pharyngeal commensal. however, relatively recent reports have shown b. catarrhalis to play a significant role in the etiology of otitis media and bronchopulmonary infections. some reports also indica ... | 1984 | 6333774 |
| nasopharyngeal carriage of bacteria in otitis-prone and non-otitis-prone children in day-care centres. | during a 2-year period nasopharyngeal specimens were taken monthly on scheduled occasions as well as at episodes of acute otitis media (aom) from a population of children attending day-care centres. the carriage rates of pneumococci, haemophilus influenzae and branhamella catarrhalis in 26 otitis-prone (op) children when asymptomatic and at episodes of aom were compared with the carriage rates in 36 non-otitis-prone (nop) children. pneumococci, h. influenzae and b. catarrhalis were found as freq ... | 1984 | 6333772 |
| in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin against bacteroides, haemophilus influenzae and branhamella catarrhalis. | 1984 | 6333337 | |
| comparative in vitro activity and beta-lactamase stability of fr 17027, a new orally active cephalosporin. | fr 17027, a new orally absorbed cephalosporin ester, inhibited group a and b streptococci and streptococcus pneumoniae at less than or equal to 0.1 micrograms/ml, which is similar to the inhibition concentration of amoxicillin and cefaclor, and was more active than cephalexin. it was less active (mic, 25 micrograms/ml) against staphylococci than was cephalexin, and it did not inhibit streptococcus faecalis or listeria monocytogenes. fr 17027 inhibited beta-lactamase-producing isolates of neisser ... | 1984 | 6333207 |
| the igg subclass responses of human lymphocytes to b-cell activators. | the induction of igg synthesis by normal human lymphocytes in response to a range of b-cell activators has been studied by indirect cytoplasmic immunofluorescence using monoclonal antibodies to the four igg subclasses. considerable variation was found between cells from different donors tested with the same activator but the following trends were observed:- epstein-barr virus and branhamella catarrhalis induced a predominantly igg3 response, whereas the most prevalent cells in cultures stimulate ... | 1983 | 6311731 |
| [branhamella catarrhalis septicemia in a granulocytopenic patient]. | 1984 | 6237339 | |
| [branhamella catarrhalis in infectious pathology of the respiratory tract]. | branhamella catarrhalis has long been considered as a commensal of the upper respiratory tract. however, since 1972 several studies have shown that it can be responsible for respiratory tract infections. by isolating this micro-organism in sputum or nasal smear of 44 hospital patients we were able to confirm this finding, while delineating some of the clinical features of the infections observed. in all 44 patients these were mild infections, yet treatment appeared to be necessary in view of the ... | 1983 | 6226017 |
| latamoxef (moxalactam) in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. | forty-three patients admitted to the hospital with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis were treated with latamoxef (moxalactam) twice daily intramuscularly for 10 days. five patients received 0.5 g injections, 23 patients 1 g and 15 patients were given 2 g. three patients dropped out of the study; one died suddenly, one was treated with another antibiotic because of suspected gram-negative pneumonia and one developed pneumococcal septicaemia after the active treatment course. most strains ... | 1983 | 6219980 |
| superoxol and amylase inhibition tests for distinguishing gonococcal and nongonococcal cultures growing on selective media. | two inexpensive screening tests were evaluated singly and in tandem for distinguishing neisseria gonorrhoeae from other oxidase-positive microorganisms growing on selective gonococcal media. in tests of 728 cultures, including 460 n. gonorrhoeae, 4 neisseria lactamica, 257 neisseria meningitidis, and 7 branhamella catarrhalis, both superoxol (30% h2o2; j. t. baker chemical co., phillipsburg, n.j.) and amylase inhibition tests were 100% sensitive (positive) for 20-h cultures of n. gonorrhoeae. si ... | 1984 | 6205016 |
| branhamella catarrhalis (beta lactamase positive) ophthalmia neonatorum. | 1984 | 6147687 | |
| clinical and microbiological features of branhamella catarrhalis bronchopulmonary infections. | branhamella catarrhalis bronchopulmonary infection was diagnosed in 101 patients with clinical lower respiratory tract infections by the presence of gram-negative intracellular diplococci in sputum and growth of more than 20 colonies of b catarrhalis in quantitative culture at a 10(-7) dilution. 94 patients had either chronic chest disease or were current or previous smokers, 59 had a cause of generalised immunosuppression, and 17 had a high risk of aspiration from the oropharynx. the pathogenic ... | 1984 | 6143094 |
| [gamma-glutamyl-transferase activity in the family "neisseriaceae" (author's transl)]. | members of the family neisseriaceae (554 strains) were screened for gamma-glutamyl-transferase (gamma gt) activity. gamma gt was produced by neisseria meningitidis but not produced by any strain of n. gonorrhoeae, n. lactamica and branhamella catarrhalis. most non-proteolytic acinetobacter calcoaceticus produced gamma gt whereas most a. lwoffii failed to produce gamma gt. | 1982 | 6125120 |
| atypical croup and branhamella catarrhalis. | 1982 | 6123864 | |
| branhamella catarrhalis. | 1982 | 6122997 | |
| branhamella catarrhalis: pathogen or opportunist? | 1982 | 6122859 | |
| ceftriaxone in acute purulent exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. | a group of 36 patients, admitted to hospital because of acute purulent exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, were treated with once daily injections of ceftriaxone for 10 days, 17 receiving 1 g injections and 19 patients 2 g doses. at the end of treatment (day 11) six patients remained infected (three with branhamella catarrhalis and three with pseudomonas aeruginosa) but during the 7 follow-up days 12 patients developed infections with beta-lactamase producing strains of bran. catarrhalis, ps. a ... | 1984 | 6097574 |
| differentiation of neisseria gonorrhoeae from other neisseria species by use of the restriction endonuclease haeiii. | we used the restriction endonuclease haeiii to differentiate neisseria gonorrhoeae from other neisseria species and branhamella catarrhalis. a total of 16 clinical isolates and four american type culture collection strains of n. gonorrhoeae were resistant to haeiii digestion, whereas 17 isolates and four american type culture collection strains from eight different bacterial species were susceptible. this resistance was not caused by an enzyme inhibitor. we propose that protection of the haeiii ... | 1984 | 6092433 |
| lower respiratory tract infection. | the most important lower respiratory infection is pneumonia, the fourth leading cause of death. most cases of bronchitis are of viral etiology and are not major problems. empyema can present an important problem in management. although the diagnosis of pneumonia is usually relatively straightforward, the specific etiologic diagnosis remains a major problem. availability of empyema fluid or a positive blood culture result can be helpful in making the etiologic diagnosis, but these are unavailable ... | 1985 | 4073097 |
| the pharmacokinetic and bactericidal characteristics of oral cefixime. | the pharmacokinetics of cefixime (fk 027), a broad-spectrum cephalosporin, were assessed in 12 normal subjects after single oral doses of 50, 100, 200, and 400 mg. mean peak serum concentrations were 1.02, 1.46, 2.63, and 3.85 micrograms/ml after the four respective doses. respective mean serum levels at 12 hours were 0.16, 0.33, 0.72, and 1.13 micrograms/ml. volumes of distribution averaged 0.1 l/kg body weight, and the elimination t1/2 was 3 hours for all doses. the auc was 7.01, 11.4, 22.5, a ... | 1985 | 4053491 |
| branhamella catarrhalis sepsis. | 1985 | 4047969 | |
| comparative treatment trial of augmentin versus cefaclor for acute otitis media with effusion. | a total of 150 children with acute otitis media were randomly allocated to treatment with amoxicillin-potassium clavulanate (augmentin) or with cefaclor. each drug was given in a daily dosage of approximately 40 mg/kg in three divided doses for ten days. tympanocentesis done before treatment yielded specimens that contained pneumococcus or haemophilus sp or both in 67% of specimens. viridans group streptococci were isolated from 10% of specimens and branhamella catarrhalis from 6%. patients were ... | 1985 | 4039433 |
| in vitro activity of temocillin against clinical isolates. | the minimum inhibitory concentrations of temocillin against more than 1000 clinical isolates were determined by an agar dilution method. temocillin showed excellent activity against haemophilus influenzae, pathogenic neisseria species and branhamella catarrhalis, including beta-lactamase producing strains, but showed very low activity or was inactive against gram-positive cocci and campylobacter, bacteroides, acinetobacter and pseudomonas species. good activity was obtained against 702 enterobac ... | 1985 | 4029009 |
| branhamella catarrhalis endocarditis in a patient receiving hemodialysis. | while branhamella catarrhalis is now recognized as an important pathogen, this is only the fifth reported case of endocarditis caused by it. the production of beta-lactamase by many strains and its resistance to vancomycin and clindamycin complicate the choice of antibiotic therapy. | 1985 | 4023776 |
| neonatal pneumonia caused by branhamella catarrhalis. | a 15-day-old, prematurely born male infant with bronchopneumonia caused by branhamella catarrhalis is reported. one case of ophthalmia neonatorum was the only report found of b. catarrhalis infections in neonates when the literature was reviewed. | 1985 | 4023636 |
| urinary tract infection caused by branhamella catarrhalis. | 1985 | 4008967 | |
| ph and incubation atmosphere influence erythromycin activity against branhamella catarrhalis. | 1985 | 4008390 | |
| [meningitis caused by branhamella catarrhalis]. | 1985 | 3990179 | |
| severe respiratory infection with branhamella catarrhalis in an african child. | a pure growth of branhamella catarrhalis was obtained from a purulent bronchial exudate in a 28-month-old rwandese girl, hospitalized for acute inspiratory dyspnoea with fever. the outcome was favourable under treatment with ampicillin, although the isolate was shown to produce a beta-lactamase in vitro. | 1985 | 3987730 |
| unsuspected bacteremia caused by branhamella catarrhalis. | 1985 | 3969356 | |
| branhamella catarrhalis bacteraemia and immunosuppression--part of a larger problem? | attention is drawn to the striking association between bacteraemia due to branhamella catarrhalis and immunosuppression and evidence is cited suggesting a special relationship between this and other neisseria of intermediate virulence and systemic disease in the immunologically compromised. | 1985 | 3967473 |
| branhamella catarrhalis as a lower respiratory tract pathogen in patients with chronic lung disease. | to determine the possible role of branhamella (formerly neisseria) catarrhalis as a respiratory pathogen, we screened quality sputa (defined by cellular criteria) that showed numerous gram-negative cocci on gram's stain for the presence of b catarrhalis. in an eight-month period, 52 isolates of b catarrhalis were identified in adults attending a hospital for chest diseases. during this period b catarrhalis was the third most common potential pathogen isolated from sputa. twenty-two patients (42% ... | 1986 | 3963981 |
| pseudogonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum caused by branhamella catarrhalis. | 1986 | 3945559 | |
| distribution of an antigenically related iron-regulated protein among the neisseria spp. | several iron-regulated proteins of neisseria gonorrhoeae have been reported. one of these, a 37,000-molecular-weight protein (37k protein), appears to be common to all gonococcal isolates. recently, the occurrence of a similar protein has also been noted in n. meningitidis. the gonococcal 37k protein has been purified and used to produce both rabbit monospecific antiserum and murine monoclonal antibodies. using these antibody reagents, we analyzed 57 strains from nine species of neisseria and th ... | 1986 | 3941006 |
| genetic relationships among neisseria species assessed by comparative enzyme electrophoresis. | the electrophoretic mobilities of 12 enzymes from 19 neisseria species (including 6 strains of n. perflava), gemella haemolysans, escherichia coli and branhamella catarrhalis were characterized by polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis. all strains and species tested exhibited qualitatively different zymogram patterns. species and strain relationships were quantified by pairwise comparisons of all 12 enzyme systems to obtain similarity indices; these data were subjected to numerical clustering ... | 1985 | 3937889 |
| phenoxymethylpenicillin and therapeutic failure in acute otitis media. | the aim of the present investigation was to determine to what extent beta-lactamase producing haemophilus influenzae (h.i.) and branhamella catarrhalis (b.c.) were isolated in cases of failure of treatment of acute otitis media (aom) with phenoxymethylpenicillin. among children with suspected therapeutic failure referred to an ent specialist altogether 11, 15% of those referred, fulfilled the criteria of aom. three of them were on erythromycin, 1 on ampicillin and 7 on phenoxymethylpenicillin. i ... | 1985 | 3937232 |
| production of 14c-labeled gas in bactec neisseria differentiation kits by neisseria cinerea. | six strains of neisseria cinerea were tested in bactec neisseria differentiation kits (johnston laboratories, inc., towson, md.), and all yielded positive glucose growth indices and negative maltose and fructose growth indices. these results were similar to those achieved with neisseria gonorrhoeae. however, most of the n. cinerea isolates tested yielded 3-h glucose growth indices that were lower than those obtained with gonococci. 14c-labeled gas was produced significantly faster (p less than 0 ... | 1985 | 3930562 |
| the in vitro activity and beta-lactamase stability of cefpirome (hr 810), a pyridine cephalosporin agent active against staphylococci, enterobacteriaceae and pseudomonas aeruginosa. | the in vitro activity of cefpirome, a new cyclopyridinium cephalosporin, was evaluated against 947 aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. cefpirome inhibited 90% of escherichia coli, klebsiella spp., citrobacter diversus, morganella morganii, proteus vulgaris, proteus mirabilis, aeromonas spp., salmonella spp., shigella spp. and haemophilus and neisseria species at less than or equal to 0.4 mg/l. it had activity comparable to that of cefotaxime, ceftizoxime, ceftazidime, aztreonam, and moxalactam again ... | 1985 | 3928497 |
| comparative evaluation of five commercial systems for the rapid identification of pathogenic neisseria species. | prompt diagnosis and effective treatment of urogenital gonococcal infections require rapid isolation and identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae from urogenital specimens. we evaluated a new, rapid (30-min) test called gonochek ii (e-y laboratories, san mateo, calif.) which utilizes chromogenic substrates for the identification of pathogenic neisseria species. it was compared with the api neident (analytab products, inc., plainview, n.y.), minitek (bbl microbiology systems, cockeysville, md.), a ... | 1985 | 3926813 |
| aztreonam in patients with acute purulent exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: failure to prevent emergence of pneumococcal infections. | a group of 36 patients, all requiring hospital admission because of acute purulent exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, were treated with 1 or 2 g intramuscular injections of aztreonam for ten days. patients with streptococcus pneumoniae infections were excluded from the study. sputum cultures before treatment revealed the other usual respiratory pathogens but repeat cultures on days 3, 10 and 17 sometimes yielded str. pneumoniae, occasionally combined with haemophilus influenzae or branhamella ... | 1985 | 3922936 |
| development of bactericidal antibody during branhamella catarrhalis infection. | the recent observation that branhamella catarrhalis may cause a variety of infections in humans has stimulated interest in human host defenses against this organism. we encountered 21 patients with b. catarrhalis infection: seven with pneumonia, 13 with a purulent exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, and one with purulent sinusitis. normal human serum (nhs) demonstrated no bactericidal activity against 20 of the 21 isolates. in contrast, 7 of 19 acute and 18 of 20 convalescent sera demonstrated s ... | 1985 | 3921623 |
| evaluation of the rim system and gono gen test for identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae from clinical specimens. | rim-n (austin biological laboratories) and gono gen (micro media systems) were evaluated for accuracy and compared with conventional carbohydrate degradation tests for identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae. a total of 127 fresh clinical isolates of n. gonorrhoeae were tested; 118 (93%) were identified by rim-n, and 100 (79%) yielded positive reactions with gono gen. seventy nongonococcal isolates including other neisseria species, branhamella catarrhalis, kingella kingae, and moraxella species ... | 1985 | 3919991 |
| inefficacy of penicillin v in acute laryngitis in adults. evaluation from results of double-blind study. | patients with acute laryngitis following an upper respiratory tract infection are often treated with antibiotics for their voice complaints, although, to our knowledge, the effect of such therapy has not been examined. in the present study, comprising 100 adults with laryngitis, the rate of resolution of vocal symptoms, as estimated from voice recordings or subjectively by the patients, was the same in patients who received penicillin v (pcv) as in those who received placebo. similarly, the degr ... | 1985 | 3918495 |
| evaluation of gonogen coagglutination test for serodiagnosis of neisseria gonorrhoeae: identification of problem isolates by auxotyping, serotyping, and with a fluorescent antibody reagent. | gonogen (micro-media systems, potomac, md) is a commercially available coagglutination test for the identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae. we tested 84 strains of neisseria spp. and branhamella catarrhalis, including 50 clinical isolates of n. gonorrhoeae. eighty-six percent (51/59) of n. gonorrhoeae, including 86% (43/50) of clinical isolates of n. gonorrhoeae, were identified correctly in the gonogen test. in contrast, all n. gonorrhoeae isolates reacted with a fluorescent antibody research ... | 1985 | 3917886 |
| update on antimicrobial therapy for otitis media and sinusitis in children. | acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion are generally caused in children by the bacteria found in the nasopharynx. in growing numbers of young patients, beta-lactamase-producing strains of branhamella catarrhalis and staphylococcus aureus have recently emerged as causative organisms. the antimicrobial agent selected for treatment should be effective against whatever pathogens have been associated with failures of symptomatic treatment in the community. acute or chronic sinusiti ... | 1985 | 3912121 |
| contribution of beta-lactamases to bacterial resistance and mechanisms to inhibit beta-lactamases. | resistance of bacteria to beta-lactam antibiotics has become a serious problem in the past several decades. virtually all staphylococcus aureus, and many hemophilus influenzae, branhamella catarrhalis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, enterobacteriaceae, and bacteroides species possess beta-lactamases that hydrolyze penicillins and cephalosporins. the most common plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase is the tem enzyme (richmond-sykes type iiia), which is present in hemophilus, neisseria, and enterobacteriaceae. ... | 1985 | 3907341 |
| infection and branhamella catarrhalis. | of the gram-negative cocci found in the nasopharynx to which any pathogenic status can be attributed, neisseria meningitidis and neisseria (branhamella) catarrhalis have gained significant notoriety. traditionally, b. catarrhalis is regarded as a nasopharyngeal commensal and thus there is, in general, considerable reluctance to accept that b. catarrhalis may be a pathogen when it is seen. hence, it is under-reported or totally ignored though there is more awareness regarding its pathogenic poten ... | 1985 | 3904854 |
| evaluation of a one-hour test for the identification of neisseria species. | this study presents an evaluation of the rim-n kit (austin biological laboratories, inc., austin, tex.), a commercial system for rapid identification of neisseria spp. and branhamella catarrhalis. the system was compared with the cystine-trypticase (bbl microbiology systems, cockeysville, md.) agar method; 218 isolates were tested by each method. there was 96% agreement between the two methods, and only nine discrepancies were encountered. the results suggest that the rim-n kit may provide a rap ... | 1985 | 3897266 |
| evaluation of a rapid identification method for neisseria spp. | a comparison was made of carbohydrate degradation reactions of neisseria gonorrhoeae, neisseria meningitidis, neisseria lactamica, neisseria mucosa, neisseria sicca, neisseria subflava, and branhamella catarrhalis in a rapid (0.5- to 1-h) identification micromethod (rim-n kit; austin biological laboratories, inc., austin, tex.) and in a serum-free agar slanted medium (72 h). reactions after 1 h in the rim-n system agreed completely with those after 72 h in the conventional system. | 1985 | 3891778 |
| evaluation of the rim-n, gonochek ii, and phadebact systems for the identification of pathogenic neisseria spp. and branhamella catarrhalis. | methods for identifying neisseria spp. include conventional and modified carbohydrate degradation procedures, chromogenic enzyme substrate tests, and immunologic coagglutination tests for neisseria gonorrhoeae. in this study, we evaluated the abilities of the rim-n carbohydrate degradation system (american microscan, campbell, calif.), the gonochek ii enzymatic identification system (du pont co., wilmington, del.), and the phadebact gonococcus coagglutination test (pharmacia diagnostics, piscata ... | 1985 | 3889044 |
| multiresistance plasmid from commensal neisseria strains. | antibiotic-resistant commensal strains of neisseria spp. and branhamella catarrhalis were isolated from throat cultures, on the basis of their capacity to grow in the presence of penicillin, streptomycin, or sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim. several strains, which belonged to different species of neisseria, were resistant to beta-lactams, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole, and trimethoprim, harbored a 6.0-megadalton plasmid with identical hinfi restriction patterns, and produced beta-lactamase and str ... | 1985 | 3885843 |
| branhamella catarrhalis, a respiratory tract pathogen. | branhamella catarrhalis, formerly regarded as an oropharyngeal commensal, has more recently been implicated as an opportunistic pathogen in the respiratory tract. this report describes the isolation of b. catarrhalis from two consecutive samples of empyema fluid and also from sputum in thirteen cases of lower respiratory tract disease, where the isolate was considered to be etiologically significant. the antibiotic therapy required to treat such infections is discussed. | 1985 | 3879171 |
| microbiology of recently treated acute otitis media compared with previously untreated acute otitis media. | isolates were obtained from 169 middle ear aspirates of 148 children with recently treated acute otitis media (rtom) and from 123 aspirates of 84 children with previously untreated acute otitis media (uom). in rtom streptococcus pneumoniae and group a streptococcus (p less than 0.02) were recovered less frequently whereas staphylococcus aureus (p less than 0.001) and haemophilus influenzae (p less than 0.02) were recovered more frequently than in uom. patients with rtom had more beta-lactamase-p ... | 1985 | 3878501 |
| antibacterial activity of ticarcillin in the presence of clavulanate potassium. | the antibacterial effects produced by ticarcillin disodium plus clavulanate potassium, a combination of the broad-spectrum penicillin ticarcillin, and the beta-lactamase inhibitor clavulanic acid as the potassium salt, have been measured in vitro and in experimental infection studies. the presence of clavulanic acid resulted in a significant enhancement of the activity of ticarcillin against a wide range of beta-lactamase-producing bacteria. these included ticarcillin-resistant strains of escher ... | 1985 | 3878080 |
| bacteremia caused by a beta-lactamase producing strain of branhamella catarrhalis. a case report. | a case of branhamella catarrhalis bacteremia without known infectious focus in a granulocytopenic patient is reported. there were no unusual clinical features of bacteremia, such as purpura, in this case which distinguished it from bacteremia due to other bacteria. the isolated strain was beta-lactamase producing. the patient recovered uneventfully on antibiotics; at the same time, however, the bone marrow was also normalized. | 1985 | 3876684 |
| amoxicillin-clavulanic acid in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections caused by beta-lactamase-positive haemophilus influenzae and branhamella catarrhalis. | twenty-one adult patients hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections due to branhamella catarrhalis or haemophilus influenzae or both were treated with the combination of oral amoxicillin and potassium clavulanate (augmentin) in an open, noncomparative clinical trial. diseases included pneumonia, empyema, and exacerbations of bronchiectasis and chronic lung disease. thirteen of 16 b. catarrhalis and six of nine h. influenzae isolates were beta-lactamase positive. the patients with b. c ... | 1985 | 3875310 |
| branhamella catarrhalis in acute otitis media. | a total of 5217 middle ear fluid (mef) samples obtained from 1203 children with otitis media, aged 3 months to 6 years, were studied for the presence of branhamella catarrhalis (br) between oct. 1977 and sept. 1981. br grew in 10.2% of 3497 mefs of acute otitis media (aom), with almost the same frequency in the very first and subsequent attacks. during the first 4 years of life the percentage did not vary much; among older children it seemed to decrease. the overall prevalence of br in aom did n ... | 1985 | 3874516 |
| in vitro susceptibilities and beta-lactamase production of 53 clinical isolates of branhamella catarrhalis. | we tested 53 clinical isolates of branhamella catarrhalis recovered from patients with respiratory symptoms to determine the susceptibility of the isolates to 25 antimicrobial agents, including the newer beta-lactam antibiotics. of the 53 strains, 46 (86.7%) were beta-lactamase producers. all the strains were susceptible to the majority of the new penicillins and cephalosporins. the combinations of amoxacillin-clavulanic acid and ticarcillin-clavulanic acid were also very active against the beta ... | 1985 | 3873905 |
| in vitro susceptibilities of isolates from patients with branhamella catarrhalis pneumonia compared with those of colonizing strains. | branhamella catarrhalis has recently been recognized as an opportunistic respiratory pathogen. we tested 10 isolates recovered from patients with documented b. catarrhalis pneumonia and 15 colonizing isolates for their susceptibility to 19 antimicrobial agents and for their ability to produce beta-lactamase. eight of ten disease isolates and 12 of 15 colonizing isolates produced a detectable beta-lactamase. the isolates that were negative for beta-lactamase were susceptible to all agents tested, ... | 1985 | 3873899 |
| a perspective on the present contribution of beta-lactamases to bacterial resistance with particular reference to induction of beta-lactamase and its clinical significance. | resistance of bacteria to beta-lactam antibiotics has become a serious problem in the past several decades. virtually all staphylococcus aureus, many haemophilus influenzae, branhamella catarrhalis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, many enterobacteriaceae, many pseudomonas aeruginosa and bacteroides species possess beta-lactamases which hydrolyze to varying degree penems, penams, carbapenems, cephems, cephamycins and monobactams. the most common plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase is the so-called tem beta-la ... | 1985 | 3872725 |
| characterization of the plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase in branhamella catarrhalis, with special reference to substrate affinity. | the plasmid-mediated branhamella catarrhalis beta-lactamase bro-1, also found in moraxella nonliquefaciens, was characterized as regards substrate profile, isoelectric point and relative substrate affinity index (rsai) to various substrates and compared in these aspects with the tem-1 enzyme of haemophilus influenzae. as measured by a biological assay and with high performance liquid chromatography (hplc), bro-1 was found to hydrolyse carbenicillin, mecillinam, methicillin and cefaclor with a hi ... | 1985 | 3872294 |
| prevalence of beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in chronic suppurative otitis media. | aspiration of the exudate through open perforation was performed in 48 children with chronic suppurative otitis media. eighty-two aerobic and 93 anaerobic isolates were recovered. aerobic bacteria only were involved in 22 patients (46%), and anaerobic organisms only were involved in five patients (10%). mixed aerobic and anaerobic isolates were recovered from 21 patients (44%). the most common bacteria isolated were bacteroides melaninogenicus group (40% of patients), pseudomonas aeruginosa (29% ... | 1985 | 3872063 |
| in-vitro activity of ofloxacin, a quinolone carboxylic acid compared to other quinolones and other antimicrobial agents. | ofloxacin is a new quinolone carboxylic acid compound. its activity against 900 bacterial isolates was determined. it inhibited 90% of escherichia coli, klebsiella sp., aeromonas hydrophila, salmonella spp., shigella spp., citrobacter spp., enterobacter spp., morganella morganii, proteus mirabilis, yersinia enterocolitica at less than or equal to 0.8 mg/l. branhamella catarrhalis, haemophilus sp., neisseria sp. were inhibited by less than or equal to 0.1 mg/l. pseudomonas aeruginosa and other ps ... | 1985 | 3865923 |
| the effect of cefaclor on the nasopharyngeal flora in children with chronic ome. | about 80% of children with chronic ome carry respiratory pathogens in the nasopharynx, with a remarkably stable spectrum and frequency. in a randomized clinical trial the nasopharyngeal flora was determined in 45 untreated cases and in 32 cases treated with cefaclor (kefolor), 20 mg/kg body weight b.i.d. for 10 days. compared to the untreated children, the treated group showed a significantly decreased frequency of streptococcus pneumoniae and branhamella catarrhalis, and a reduced number of cul ... | 1985 | 3865492 |
| pefloxacin in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. | forty-three patients admitted to hospital with acute purulent exacerbations of chronic bronchitis were treated with 400 mg pefloxacin twice daily for ten days. the first 20 patients were given the first dose of the drug as a 60 min intravenous infusion. serum and sputum concentrations of pefloxacin were measured microbiologically at intervals on the first treatment day and the sputum was cultured before, during, and after the course of pefloxacin. two patients died from unrelated causes during t ... | 1985 | 3863811 |
| [septicemia caused by branhamella (neisseria) catarrhalis in an immunosuppressed patient]. | a case is reported of branhamella catarrhalis septicemia occurring during the aplastic phase of treatment for acute myeloblastic leukemia. skin lesions were observed which are ordinarily seen in chronic gonococcal or meningococcal septicemia. the pathogenic role of this agent, which is normally considered nonaggressive, is discussed. | 1985 | 3863245 |
| treatment of pneumonia with imipenem/cilastatin. | this pilot study assessed the efficacy, safety and tolerance of intravenously administered imipenem/cilastatin in the treatment of adults hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia. thirteen patients were treated with 500 mg imipenem and 500 mg cilastatin eight hourly for a minimum of five days. eleven patients (85%) had a clinical cure; (legionella pneumophila was the pathogen in four, streptococcus pneumoniae in one, branhamella catarrhalis in one, no pathogen identified in five). one pati ... | 1985 | 3859775 |
| [branhamella catarrhalis in neonatal pulmonary infectious pathology]. | bronchopulmonary infections has been described for the most part in adults. orl and upper respiratory tract infections are encountered in children. in neonates, only conjunctivitis have been reported. in their report, the authors describes the first cases of bronchopulmonary infections due to branhamella catarrhalis in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. three cases are described in which this bacteria has been isolated in bronchial secretions and in the culture of the nasotrac ... | 1985 | 3831902 |
| the aetiology of pneumonia. application of bacterial serology and basic laboratory methods. | the aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia was studied by use of new bacterial and established viral serological methods besides blood culture in 162 patients. evidence for a specific aetiology was obtained in 79 patients (49.4%). the pneumococcus was the most common aetiological agent, identified in 25.6% of cases. other bacteria, haemophilus influenzae, branhamella catarrhalis, neisseria meningitidis and chlamydia spp. were demonstrated in 23.5%, mycoplasma pneumonia in 1.2% and viruses in ... | 1987 | 3819455 |
| lower respiratory tract infection due to branhamella catarrhalis, two case reports. | we describe two cases of lower respiratory tract infection due to branhamella catarrhalis in elderly patients. the diagnosis was confirmed by isolation of the organism from the sputa in pure growth and also by response to treatment with appropriate antibiotics. both patients had predisposing factors: one had chronic bronchial asthma and was also on corticosteroids during the illness and the other had chronic obstructive lung disease. previously reported cases are reviewed. | 1986 | 3810847 |