Endocarditis Caused by Gram-Negative Moraxella osloensis in an Immunocompetent Patient: First Case Report in Latin America

Patricia Fraga Paiva; Carolina Fraga Paiva; Emanoel Guimarães Paiva; Gisele Maria Campos Fabri; José Fabri Junior

doi:10.1155/2018/4209094

Endocarditis Caused by Gram-Negative Moraxella osloensis in an Immunocompetent Patient: First Case Report in Latin America

Case Rep Cardiol. 2018 Jun 6:2018:4209094. doi: 10.1155/2018/4209094. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Patricia Fraga Paiva¹, Carolina Fraga Paiva², Emanoel Guimarães Paiva³, Gisele Maria Campos Fabri⁴, José Fabri Junior¹

Affiliations

¹ Medicine School, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Health of Juiz de Fora Suprema and Therezinha de Jesus Hospital and Maternity, 33 Dirceu de Andrade St., 36025-140 Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
² Nursing School, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Health of Juiz de Fora Suprema and Therezinha de Jesus Hospital and Maternity, 33 Dirceu de Andrade St., 36025-140 Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
³ Intensive Care and Emergency Rooms, Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital, 3353 Barão do Rio Branco Ave, 36021-630 Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
⁴ Dentistry School, Juiz de Fora Federal University, José Lourenço Kelmer St., s/n Martelos, 36036-330 Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.

Abstract

This is a case report of infective endocarditis due to Moraxella osloensis. This study would be the fourth since the two latest episodes were described in 2015. The patient of this exposition is different from those previously described in the literature because it was a young adult, under 50 years of age, immunocompetent, with no comorbidities and no obvious focus of infection.

Publication types

Case Reports