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PubMed1984

Pasteurella multocida pneumonia complicated by Staphylococcus aureus.

A 71-year-old woman presented with acute non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema. She proved to have a Pasteurella multocida pneumonia, with blood stream invasion by the organism, and required positive pressure ventilation for 53 days. Penicillin G., the drug of choice for this infection, failed to reverse the steady decline in her arterial oxygen-tension, and it was only after treatment with chloramphenicol and prednisolone that she began to improve. Serological tests strongly indicated the presence of a Staphylococcus aureus infection and the delay in giving antibiotics appropriate to this second pathogen may have been the reason for the patient's initial downhill course.

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PubMed1981

Effect of intravenous injection of rimiterol in asthma.

1 The effect of i.v. rimiterol was compared with aerosol rimiterol in twelve asthmatic patients. 2 A cumulative dose of rimiterol (1050 microgram) given in six separate injections over 90 min resulted in a mean increase in peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) of 50.6% and FEV1 of 53.7%. 3 Comparison of the degree of bronchodilation to the same dose of rimiterol administered intravenously or by aerosol, suggested that on average the potency ratio was 10:1, i.e. ten times the aerosol dose was required to produce the equivalent bronchodilator effect. 4 Palpitations, tremor and postural hypotension were common during the first minute after the drug was injected intravenously, but did not occur after aerosol administration. 5 It is suggested that rimiterol by intravenous injection is a useful addition to the treatment of acute asthma.

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