title: A fatal endocarditis case due to an emerging bacterium:Moraxella nonliquefaciens.
abstract: Moraxella nonliquefaciensis a Gram-negative coccobacillus considered as a commensal organism from the upper respiratory tract, with low pathogenic potential. The phenotypical conventional identification is difficult and the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight technology has increased the resolution of identification of this bacterium. We report a fatal case of endocarditis due toM. nonliquefacienswhose identification was confirmed by 16S rRNA, and we review the literature on this pathogen in endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: CHU Lille, Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, F 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duployez
authors.affiliation: CHU Lille, Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, F 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loïez
authors.affiliation: CHU Lille, Service de Réanimation, Centre de Réanimation, F 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ledoux
authors.affiliation: CHU Lille, Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, F 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Armand
authors.affiliation: CHU Lille, Service de Réanimation, Centre de Réanimation, F 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jaillette
authors.affiliation: CHU Lille, Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, F 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wallet
keywords: 16SrRNA PCR; Endocarditis; Fatal issue; MALDI-TOF; Moraxella