Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis

K. Patas; K. Douros; K.N. Priftis; A. Ioannidis; C. Nikolaou; S. Chatzipanagiotou

New Microbes and New Infections (May 2019)

Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis

K. Patas,
K. Douros,
K.N. Priftis,
A. Ioannidis,
C. Nikolaou,
S. Chatzipanagiotou

Affiliations

K. Patas: Department of Biopathology and Clinical Microbiology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
K. Douros: Children’s Respiratory and Allergy Clinic, 3rd Pediatrics Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘Attikon’ General University Hospital, Athens, Greece
K.N. Priftis: Children’s Respiratory and Allergy Clinic, 3rd Pediatrics Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘Attikon’ General University Hospital, Athens, Greece
A. Ioannidis: Department of Biopathology and Clinical Microbiology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Orthias Artemidos & Plataion, Sparta, Greece
C. Nikolaou: Department of Biopathology and Clinical Microbiology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
S. Chatzipanagiotou: Department of Biopathology and Clinical Microbiology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Corresponding author: S. Chatzipanagiotou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Medical Biopathology, Aeginition Hospital, Ave. Vassilissis Sophias 72-74, Athens 115 28 Greece.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29

Abstract

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We report a rare case of non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis accompanied by protracted infection with Aggregatibacter aphrophilus in a 12-year-old boy with haemoptysis. Keywords: Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, BAL, bronchoscopy, HACEK, non-CF bronchiectasis

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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