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Branhamella catarrhalis has been recovered from various sites of infection in the respiratory tract. These include chronic otitis media, tonsillitis, adenoiditis and pneumonia. This organism was recovered in many of these infections mixed with other aerobic, facultative anaerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Increasing numbers of isolates of this organism have been noted to produce beta-lactamase. This may contribute to the high failure rate of penicillins in eradicating polymicrobial respiratory infections.
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PMID:Direct and indirect pathogenicity of Branhamella catarrhalis. 348 2

The objective has been to identify the different etiologies and elaborate a diagnostic and therapeutical methodology for patients with chronic cough. During one year we studied prospectively 83 patients with persistent cough of daily appearance with an evolution of four or more weeks and no previous etiologic diagnosis. We worked on three diagnostic (D) levels. D1: Based on the anamnesis and physical examination. D2: Sequential incorporation of complementary exams. D3: Evaluation of the response to the specific treatment. We divided the population into 2 groups: G1 healthy children, G2 children followed in our hospital for different conditions. The mean age was 4.7 years (range, 3 months to 15 years), and the average duration of cough was 4.9 months (range, 1 to 36 months). In G1 the following causes were identified in 78 children: cough variant asthma 41 (52%), asthma+upper respiratory tract infections 8 (10%), asthma+lower respiratory tract infections 6 (7%), postnasal drip syndrome (sinusitis, adenoiditis) 5 (6%), psychogenic 6 (7%), undetermined 4 (5%), gastroesophageal reflux 2, asthma+cigarette 2, AIDS 1, Sjogren syndrome 1, vascular ring 1, cricopharyngeal foreign body 1. In G2 out of 5 children we have found: 2 children with chronic encephalopathies who had swallowing disorders and gastroesophageal reflux, 1 patient with Down syndrome presenting hypogammaglobulinemia and bronchiectasis, 1 tracheaesophageal fistula in H in a child with recurrent pneumonia, 1 lymphocytic pneumonia in an AIDS patient. The D1 was correct in 92% of the cases. The specific therapy has proved useful for achieving the remission of the symptoms. Although asthma is the most frequent cause of chronic cough, other etiologies exist and must be ruled out.
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PMID:[Chronic cough in pediatrics]. 872 72

A two-years-old boy with Down's Syndrome and a small interauricular communication was given priority scheduling for adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy to correct subacute obstruction of the upper airway. The only noteworthy event during surgery was an SpO2 of 92% during mechanical ventilation with FiO2 of 0.5 from no apparent cause. The patient suffered acute respiratory insufficiency due to the post-obstructive pulmonary edema in the hours immediately following surgery. The incidence of post-obstructive pulmonary edema is higher than might be expected, as symptoms can be interpreted as aspiration pneumonitis or left ventricular failure. Given the high prevalence of adenoiditis and tonsillitis with varying degrees of airway obstruction in children, we consider it useful to report this case. Such patients should be monitored carefully in the early postoperative period.
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PMID:[Post-obstructive pulmonary edema after adenoid-amygdalectomy]. 971 24