Moraxella catarrhalis pneumonia in an AIDS patient: A case report

• Main Authors: Cheepsattayakorn A., Tharavichitakul P., Dettrairat S., Sutachai V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-61449147976&partnerID=40&md5=6e48b2eb8e40913fc4e29dab80df7690; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2902
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Moraxella catarrhalis pneumonia, although in the immunocompromised patients is very uncommon for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). It demonstrates a potential pathogen with high mortality when the presence of heavy numbers of organisms, intracellularly and extracellularly, in the sputum Gram'...