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Moraxella catarrhalis
Aka: Moraxella catarrhalis, Moraxella pneumonia
- See Also
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Diagnosis
- Represents less than 5% of all Pneumonias
- More common in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Lobar consolidation is rare
- Labs
- Gram Stain
- Kidney bean shaped Gram Negative diplococci
- Radiology
- Chest XRay
- Patchy bronchopulmonary infiltrate
- Management: Antibiotic
- Amoxicillin-clavulanate (Augmentin)
- Second generation Cephalosporin (e.g. Cefuroxime)
- Third generation Cephalosporin (e.g. Cefotaxime)
- Erythromycin
- Azithromycin (Zithromax)
- Clarithromycin (Biaxin)
- Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim or Septra)
- Doxycycline
- References
- Gilbert (2001) Sanford Antimicrobial, p. 28