Moraxella lacunata subacute osteomyelitis in a child

Mehmeti, Fortesa; Cochard, Blaise Damien; Cuerel, Céline; De Coulon, Géraldo; Dayer, Romain Olivier Pierre; Steiger, Christina; Ceroni, Dimitri

doi:10.1093/jpids/piz089

Scientific article

Case report

English

Moraxella lacunata subacute osteomyelitis in a child

ContributorsMehmeti, Fortesa; Cochard, Blaise Damien

; Cuerel, Céline; De Coulon, Géraldo; Dayer, Romain Olivier Pierre; Steiger, Christina; Ceroni, Dimitri

Published inJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Publication date2019

Abstract

Moraxella lacunata is a rare coccobacillus associated with eye and upper respiratory tract infections. It may also have an affinity for bone and joint tissue. We report on 1 case of subacute osteomyelitis of the patella due to M. lacunata that presented as an osteolytic bone lesion in a child.

Keywords

atypical
fastidious
osteomyelitis
pediatric

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Recherche clinique en chirurgie pédiatrique (886)

Citation (ISO format)

MEHMETI, Fortesa et al. Moraxella lacunata subacute osteomyelitis in a child. In: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2019. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piz089

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:146397
DOI : 10.1093/jpids/piz089
PMID : 31830267

Journal ISSN2048-7193

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Moraxella lacunata subacute osteomyelitis in a child

Moraxella lacunata is a rare coccobacillus associated with eye and upper respiratory tract infections. It may also have an affinity for bone and joint tissue. We report on 1 case of subacute osteomyelitis of the patella due to M. lacunata that presented as an osteolytic bone lesion in a child.

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