Table 3.

Nonviral RTI in Asthma Patients

Patient	Organism	Temperature, °C	Chest Radiograph
9*	S aureus	38.2	Normal
17†	Nil	37.5	Lobar consolidation
24*	H influenzae	38	BT‡
42†	Nil	39	Lobar consolidation
36*	M pneumoniae	37.1	Normal
75†	Nil	38	Lobar consolidation

^*All but mycoplasma grown in sputum. Mycoplasma diagnosed on single IgM titer. These patients had blood and sputum neutrophilia.

^†These patients did not have evidence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.

^‡BT=bronchial wall thickening.