title: Clinical and laboratory aspects of Moraxella catarrhalis bacteremia in children.
abstract: Moraxella catarrhalis is an uncommon cause of bacteremia in children. We present 17 children with M. catarrhalis bacteremia. Most patients were <2 years old (76.4%), immunocompetent (82.3%), and had concomitant lower respiratory symptoms (76.5%). Moraxella catarrhalis bacteremia occurs in young immunocompetent children and is frequently associated with lower respiratory tract symptomatology.
authors: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors: Ahmed
authors: A
authors: Ahmed
authors: Arnon
authors: A
authors: Broides
authors: Noga
authors: N
authors: Givon-Lavi
authors: Nehama
authors: N
authors: Peled
authors: Ron
authors: R
authors: Dagan
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045828:Moraxellaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000503:physiopathology