A fatal endocarditis case due to an emerging bacterium: Moraxella nonliquefaciens.

ABSTRACT: Moraxella nonliquefaciens is 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 to M. nonliquefaciens whose identification was confirmed by 16S rRNA, and we review the literature on this pathogen in endocarditis.

SUBMITTER: Duployez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5328914 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature