Bacteremia due to Moraxella osloensis: a case report and literature review

Herein we report the case of a 10-year-old boy with an autosomal mosaic mutation who developed bacteremia. The causative agent was identified as Moraxella osloensis by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. In the pediatric populati...

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Main Authors: Yuta Maruyama, Tomonari Shigemura, Koki Aoyama, Noriyuki Nagano, Yozo Nakazawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S141386701730778X
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Summary:Herein we report the case of a 10-year-old boy with an autosomal mosaic mutation who developed bacteremia. The causative agent was identified as Moraxella osloensis by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. In the pediatric population, there have been 13 case reports of infection attributed to M. osloensis and this is the fifth reported case of pediatric bacteremia due to M. osloensis. After Moraxella species infection was confirmed, the patient recovered with appropriate antimicrobial therapy. It is important to consider that M. osloensis can cause serious infections, such as bacteremia, in otherwise healthy children. Keywords: Moraxella osloensis, Bacteremia, MALDI-TOF MS, 16S rRNA gene sequencing
ISSN:1413-8670