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Donald Forester, MD
Mount Vernon, NY

Arch Intern Med. 1993;153(18):2168.

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In his article on Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in the elderly,¹ Marrie could have discussed the pneumonias associated with bradycardia that several of his patients demonstrated. Besides M pneumoniae pneumonia, legionnella,² psittacosis and tularemia, and Salmonella infection³ have been associated with bradycardia. Without evidence for A-V nodal disease, sick sinus syndrome, and β- or calcium-blocker use, taking the pulse may be useful in directing attention to those organisms associated with bradycardia. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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