Bacteremia due to Moraxella osloensis: a case report and literature review

Publication date: January–February 2018Source: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 22, Issue 1Author(s): Yuta Maruyama, Tomonari Shigemura, Koki Aoyama, Noriyuki Nagano, Yozo NakazawaAbstractHerein 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.
Source: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research