Clinical "pneumococcal pneumonia" due to Moraxella osloensis: Case report and a review

Authors
Vuori-Holopainen, E Salo, E Saxen, H Vaara, M Tarkka, E Peltola, H
Citation
E. Vuori-holopainen et al., Clinical "pneumococcal pneumonia" due to Moraxella osloensis: Case report and a review, SC J IN DIS, 33(8), 2001, pp. 625-627
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
00365548 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
625 - 627
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(2001)33:8<625:C"PDTM>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A previously healthy 6-y-old girl presented with a disease very similar to pneumococcal pneumonia. However, Moraxella osloensis was isolated by lung t ap. The patient responded well to a course of parenteral penicillin. This i s probably the first documented case of community-acquired pneumonia associ ated with this agent. Clinical isolates of M. osloensis are rare and its pa thogenesis has not been delineated; however, a literature review suggests t hat the organism is more common than is generally recognized.