Maruyama Y, Shigemura T, Aoyama K, Nagano N, Nakazawa Y. Bacteremia due to Moraxella osloensis: a case report and literature review.
Braz J Infect Dis 2018;
22:60-62. [PMID:
29409692 PMCID:
PMC9425674 DOI:
10.1016/j.bjid.2017.10.008]
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Abstract
Herein we report the case of a 10-year-old boy with an autosomal mosaic mutation who developed bacteremia. The causative agent was identified as Moraxella osloensis by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. In the pediatric population, there have been 13 case reports of infection attributed to M. osloensis and this is the fifth reported case of pediatric bacteremia due to M. osloensis. After Moraxella species infection was confirmed, the patient recovered with appropriate antimicrobial therapy. It is important to consider that M. osloensis can cause serious infections, such as bacteremia, in otherwise healthy children.
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