Fatal sepsis associated with acute pancreatitis caused by Moraxella catarrhalis in a child.
We describe a 4-year-old boy with Cornelia de Lange syndrome who died of septic shock caused by Moraxella catarrhalis bacteremia. At autopsy there was evidence of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis with abscesses. Gram-negative diplococci were seen histologically in the abscesses and pancreatic ducts.
Ohkusu
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Division of Clinical Laboratory, Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba-city, Japan. ohkusu@usc.edu
Nakamura
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Horie
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Udagawa
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D000208:Acute Disease; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*