title: Clinical "pneumococcal pneumonia" due to Moraxella osloensis: case report and a review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vuori-Holopainen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saxen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tarkka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peltola
mesh_terms: 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