Affiliation:
1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Moraxella lacunata
is a rare, usually commensal gram-negative rod most commonly associated with eye infections. We report a unique case of noniatrogenic
M
.
l
acunata
bacteremia and septic knee arthritis in a patient with class III-IV lupus nephritis and speculate on the association between invasive
Moraxella
infection and renal impairment.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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