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To the Editor: We disagree with Marik (March 1 issue)¹ about the bacteriology of aspiration pneumonia and his therapeutic recommendations. Marik contends that anaerobes are seldom involved in aspiration pneumonia, on the basis of both our results² and his results.³ This may not be true for two reasons. In both studies, anaerobic conditions were not preserved during transport, which precludes optimal recovery of oxygen-sensitive anaerobes,⁴ and in our study the patients were routinely given penicillin G before sampling with a protected specimen brush was performed. Marik rightly points out that the range of potentially offending organisms is broad, and he . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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