[Empyema due to Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis]

J M Querol; J Custardoy; A Yagüe; N Gonzalo

[Empyema due to Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis]

An Med Interna. 1992 Nov;9(11):554-6.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

J M Querol¹, J Custardoy, A Yagüe, N Gonzalo

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de la Vega Baja, Orihuela, Alicante.

PMID: 1467405

Abstract

We present a case of empyema by Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis in a patient affected by a bronchogenic epidermoid carcinoma. We describe the basic clinical characteristics of the infection by Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis and we confirm the low incidence of empyema by such germ.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

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Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / complications
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / diagnosis
Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis
Empyema, Pleural / etiology*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Male
Moraxella catarrhalis* / isolation & purification
Neisseriaceae Infections / diagnosis
Neisseriaceae Infections / etiology*
Pleural Effusion / microbiology