Moraxella catarrhalis Bacteraemia Associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection and Pneumonia

Abstract

This report describes a case of severe pneumonia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and Moraxella catarrhalis bacteraemia in a 44-y-old woman with undiagnosed breast carcinoma. M. pneumoniae is increasingly recognized as a co-pathogen but to the authors' knowledge this is the first reported case of M. catarrhalis bacteraemia associated with M. pneumoniae infection.