title: Invasive infection due to Moraxella lacunata, an unusual pathogen.
abstract: Moraxella lacunata, a commensal bacterium, is associated with serious invasive disease. We describe a patient with diabetic nephropathy who developed septicemia with metastatic abscesses in the liver and spleen due to Moraxella lacunata. The patient also had multiple ring enhancing lesions in both the cerebral hemispheres, possibly due to the same organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Serology, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. dr_uray@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Ujjwayini
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Sujoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D009016:Moraxella / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D045828:Moraxellaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology