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Case Reports
. 2017 Sep 15:10:68-70.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.09.004. eCollection 2017.

Disseminated Pasteurella multocida infection: Cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and myositis

Yasmin C Marcantonio  1 , Prathit A Kulkarni  2 , Shira Sachs  1 , Kevin Ting  1 , Jennifer Lee  1 , Daniel Mendoza  2
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Disseminated Pasteurella multocida infection: Cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and myositis

Yasmin C Marcantonio et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

A 67-year-old man with poorly controlled type II diabetes mellitus was evaluated for right lower extremity erythema and swelling and left-sided lower back pain. He was found to have Pasteurella multocida bacteremia; magnetic resonance imaging showed osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine with myositis in the adjacent left paraspinal muscles. He was initially treated with intravenous antibiotics and was later transitioned to oral amoxicillin. He recovered completely with six weeks of antimicrobial therapy.

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Fig. 1
Osteomyelitis of the L4–L5 pedicles due to disseminated P. multocida infection. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine shows enhancement of the L4–L5 pedicles (see arrow).
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L1–L5 Left paraspinal myositis due to disseminated P. multocida infection. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine shows enhancement of the left paraspinal muscles extending from L1–L5 (see arrow).
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