Case Report

Bacteremia and Possible Endocarditis Caused by Moraxella phenylpyruvica

Authors: AMIT GUTTIGOLI, MD, MUHAMMAD M. ZAMAN, MD

Abstract

Moraxella phenylpyruvica, a gram-negative coccobacillus, is usually considered a nonpathogenic bacterium. Only a few cases of invasive disease caused by this organism were reported in the 1970s. We report a well-documented case of bacteremia and possible endocarditis due to M phenylpyruvica in a previously healthy man.

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