Clinical "pneumococcal pneumonia" due to Moraxella osloensis: case report and a review.
A previously healthy 6-y-old girl presented with a disease very similar to pneumococcal pneumonia. However, Moraxella osloensis was isolated by lung tap. The patient responded well to a course of parenteral penicillin. This is probably the first documented case of community-acquired pneumonia associated with this agent. Clinical isolates of M. osloensis are rare and its pathogenesis has not been delineated; however, a literature review suggests that the organism is more common than is generally recognized.
Vuori-Holopainen
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Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
Salo
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Saxen
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Vaara
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Tarkka
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Peltola
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D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009016:Moraxella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome