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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec 19:5:2050313X17748286.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X17748286. eCollection 2017.

Pasteurella infections in a tertiary centre - from cellulitis to multiple-organ failure: Retrospective case series

Zsófia Vesza  1 , Matteo Boattini  1 , Margarida Pinto  2 , Pedro Marques da Silva  1
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Pasteurella infections in a tertiary centre - from cellulitis to multiple-organ failure: Retrospective case series

Zsófia Vesza et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review the clinical features of pasteurellosis in a tertiary centre over a period of 4½ years. We have identified eight cases of Pasteurella multocida and one case of Pasteurella canis infection, with a large diversity of clinical pictures and outcomes. All patients were elderly and/or immunocompromised and 55.6% reported animal exposure. Soft tissue infections were the most prevalent (55.6%), followed by pneumonia (22.2%) and sepsis (22.2 %). All isolates were susceptible to beta-lactam antibiotics using in vitro sensitivity testing. The overall mortality was 33.3%, which occurred in patients with no evidence of animal contact.

Keywords: Infectious diseases; Pasteurella infections; aged; immunosuppression; sepsis; wound infection; zoonoses.

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

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