1. Moraxella catarrhalis sepsis
- Author
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Paola Gualdi, Michele Schinella, Gabriele Mucci, and Lucia Collini
- Subjects
medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,Respiratory tract infections ,business.industry ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,medicine.disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:Microbiology ,Haemophilus influenzae ,Moraxella catarrhalis ,Otitis ,Bacteremia ,Sepsi, Moraxella catarrhalis ,Immunology ,Streptococcus pneumoniae ,medicine ,Blood culture ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Diplococcus - Abstract
Moraxella catarrhalis is a Gram-negative aerobic diplococcus, commensal of the oro-pharingeal cavity, actually playing an emerging role in the upper respiratory tract infections together with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. This study reports the case of a twoyearold child who was admitted into hospital with fever, headache and vomit. The chest radiograph showed signs of basal lung involvementmaking the clinical suspicion of bacterial infectionlikely. From blood culture a Moraxella catarrhalis strain was isolated. In young children M. catarrhalis is known to cause otitis media and sinusitis, but only rarely bacteremia. In this case the child showed a clinical picture of lung infection and consequent sepsis due to M. catarrhalis.
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- 2008