Early-Onset Neonatal Meningitis Caused by an Unusual Pathogen‐Moraxella catarrhalis

• Main Authors: Shraddha Siwakoti (Author), Sohani Bajracharya (Author), Neetu Adhikaree (Author), Rinku Sah (Author), Rupa Singh Rajbhandari (Author), Basudha Khanal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Moraxella catarrhalis are part of the normal flora of the human respiratory tract and are known to have low pathogenic potential. The organism is rarely reported in the literature as the causative agent of meningitis. We report the first case of early-onset neonatal meningitis associat...