Fatal sepsis associated with acute pancreatitis caused by Moraxella catarrhalis in a child

Authors
Ohkusu, K Nakamura, A Horie, H Udagawa, A
Citation
K. Ohkusu et al., Fatal sepsis associated with acute pancreatitis caused by Moraxella catarrhalis in a child, PEDIAT INF, 20(9), 2001, pp. 914-915
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
ISSN journal
08913668 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
914 - 915
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-3668(200109)20:9<914:FSAWAP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We describe a 4-year-old boy with Cornelia de Lange syndrome who died of se ptic shock caused by Moraxella catarrhalis bacteremia. At autopsy there was evidence of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis with abscesses. Gram-negative d iplococci were seen histologically in the abscesses and pancreatic ducts.