Mixed Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Gram-Negative Bacillary Pneumonia in the Elderly

Creator(s)

Steven L. Berk, VA Medical Center
S. L. Wiener, VA Medical Center
Louis B. Eisner, VA Medical Center
J. W. Duncan, VA Medical Center
J. K. Smith, VA Medical Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1981

Description

Of 24 elderly patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia confirmed by transtracheal aspiration, six had concomitant infection with gram-negative aerobic bacilli. All six patients were elderly men with underlying cardiopulmonary disease. Three had had recent prior episodes of gram-negative pneumonia and four had previously received antibiotics. The clinical, laboratory, and epidemiologic characteristics of these six patients with mixed bacterial pneumonia are reported.

Citation Information

Berk, Steven L.; Wiener, S. L.; Eisner, Louis B.; Duncan, J. W.; and Smith, J. K.. 1981. Mixed Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Gram-Negative Bacillary Pneumonia in the Elderly. Southern Medical Journal. Vol.74(2). 144-146. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198102000-00004 PMID: 7466430 ISSN: 0038-4348