Haemophilus aphrophilus as a cause of chronic suppurative pulmonary infection and intra-abdominal abscesses

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

“…It is usually a commensal of the oropharyngeal cavity, but it is also an infrequently encountered cause of invasive infections in humans, such as endocarditis, osteoarticular infections and intracranial abscesses [1], [2]. Pulmonary involvement is exceedingly rare, with very few cases being reported wherein A. aphrophilus was isolated from pleural fluid or lung abscess aspirate [3], [4], [5], [6]. We report the isolation of A. aphrophilus from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in a paediatric patient with haemoptysis.…”