title: Neisseria meningitidis and Moraxella osloensis: dual infection in blood and peritoneal fluid.
abstract: The clinical course of a malnourished alcoholic in which Neisseria meningitidis was isolated from the blood and Moraxella osloensis from the peritoneal fluid is described. Following bacteriologic diagnosis, the patient was treated and responded to a course of penicillin therapy. To our knowledge, this represents the first case of peritonitis associated with M. osloensis. Clinical reports of the isolation of this organism are rare; its pathogenicity is not clearly established, and the presence of the organism may often be unrecognized.
authors.affiliation: Erie County Laboratory, Buffalo, NY 14215.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Tiosejo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hocko
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Bartholomew
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amsterdam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D009016:Moraxella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology