title: Isolation of Moraxella canis from an ulcerated metastatic lymph node.
abstract: Moraxella canis was isolated in large numbers from an ulcerated supraclavicular lymph node of a terminal patient, who died a few days later. Although the patient presented with septic symptoms and with a heavy growth of gram-negative diplococci in the lymph node, blood cultures remained negative. M. canis is an upper-airway commensal from dogs and cats and is considered nonpathogenic for humans, although this is the third reported human isolate of this species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. Mario.Vaneechoutte@rug.ac.be
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaneechoutte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Claeys
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steyaert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Baere
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peleman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verschraegen
mesh_terms: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D009016:Moraxella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S