今年七月份有两位国外专家来我们教研室作学术讲演及座谈讨论。一位是美国宾夕法尼亚大学医学中心 Austran 教授,作了肺炎球菌血清学分型及肺炎球菌感染的报告,指出肺炎球菌菌血症的严重性,及进行血液分离培养肺炎球菌的必要性。在美国,老年人肺炎球菌感染尚属多见,尤其对伴有心血管病者则威胁更大。因此,不仅应从病人痰内分离肺炎球菌,而必需进行血液培养,且常规以荚膜肿胀试验进行肺炎球菌分型。Austran In July this year, two foreign experts came to our department for academic lectures and discussions. Professor Austran, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center at the University of Pennsylvania, made a report on pneumococcal serotyping and pneumococcal infection. He pointed out the severity of pneumococcal bacteremia and the need for blood culture to isolate and culture pneumococci. In the United States, pneumococcal infection in the elderly is still common, especially for those with cardiovascular disease are more threatening. Therefore, not only pneumococcal bacteria should be isolated from the patient’s sputum, but blood culture is necessary, and pneumococcal typing is routinely performed in capsular swelling tests. Austran