Infection due to Moraxella osloensis: case report and review of the literature

Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jan;30(1):179-81. doi: 10.1086/313595.

Abstract

We describe the successful treatment of Moraxella osloensis bacteremia in a 2-year-old boy who presented with fever, petechial rash, and exacerbation of reactive airway disease. We also review the 12 cases previously reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Moraxella* / isolation & purification
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / diagnosis
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / drug therapy
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • Cephalosporins