Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis bacteremia. A case report and literature review.
Moraxella catarrhalis is increasingly recognized as a cause of pulmonary and upper airway disease, but bacteremia remains unusual. We treated a 71-year-old man who died of rapidly progressive bacteremic M catarrhalis bronchopneumonia. This case, and a review of the 27 previously reported M catarrhalis bacteremias in the literature, demonstrated that M catarrhalis can be a virulent organism capable of causing serious infection and death in both immunocompetent and compromised hosts.
Wallace
M R
MR
Department of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease Division), Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif. 92134-5000.
Oldfield
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EC
D000368:Aged; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*