Clinical and laboratory aspects of Moraxella catarrhalis bacteremia in children.
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.
Ahmed
Ahmed
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The Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Broides
Arnon
A
Givon-Lavi
Noga
N
Peled
Nehama
N
Dagan
Ron
R
Greenberg
David
D
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