Infective endocarditis due to Moraxella lacunata: report of 4 patients and review of published cases of Moraxella endocarditis.

Moraxella is an aerobic, oxidase-positive, Gram-negative coccobacillus, which is rarely associated with serious and invasive infections. We describe 4 cases of Moraxella lacunata endocarditis and review 12 previously published cases of Moraxella endocarditis, including 1 further case with M. lacunata, 5 with M.

Prospective study of bacteremia after cardiac catheterization.

Nine hundred sixty consecutive cardiac catheterization procedures were studied prospectively for the presence of periprocedural bacteremia. Overall, among 960 procedures, only 4 were associated with clinically significant bacteremia. All 4 were related to the intravenous line and none to the cardiac procedure itself.