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

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

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
الحاوية / القاعدة:New Microbes and New Infections
المؤلفون الرئيسيون: K. Patas, K. Douros, K.N. Priftis, A. Ioannidis, C. Nikolaou, S. Chatzipanagiotou
التنسيق: مقال
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Elsevier 2019-05-01
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297519300058
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description 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
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spelling doaj-art-e4b39a28689a4f44bfe80b84dae0424a2025-08-19T21:58:37ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752019-05-012910.1016/j.nmni.2019.01.005Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysisK. Patas0K. Douros1K.N. Priftis2A. Ioannidis3C. Nikolaou4S. Chatzipanagiotou5Department of Biopathology and Clinical Microbiology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GreeceChildren’s Respiratory and Allergy Clinic, 3rd Pediatrics Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘Attikon’ General University Hospital, Athens, GreeceChildren’s Respiratory and Allergy Clinic, 3rd Pediatrics Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘Attikon’ General University Hospital, Athens, GreeceDepartment 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, GreeceDepartment of Biopathology and Clinical Microbiology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GreeceDepartment 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.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 bronchiectasishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297519300058
spellingShingle K. Patas
K. Douros
K.N. Priftis
A. Ioannidis
C. Nikolaou
S. Chatzipanagiotou
Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis
title Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis
title_full Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis
title_fullStr Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis
title_full_unstemmed Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis
title_short Isolation of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis
title_sort isolation of aggregatibacter aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage in a paediatric patient presenting with haemoptysis
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