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Case Reports
. 2018 Jun;24(6):1145-1146.
doi: 10.3201/eid2406.171998.

Human Pasteurella multocida Infection with Likely Zoonotic Transmission from a Pet Dog, Spain

Fátima Abreu, Carlos Rodríguez-Lucas, M Rosario Rodicio, Ana I Vela, José Francisco Fernández-Garayzábal, Pilar S Leiva, Fernando Cuesta, Dolores Cid, Javier Fernández
Case Reports

Human Pasteurella multocida Infection with Likely Zoonotic Transmission from a Pet Dog, Spain

Fátima Abreu et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jun.

Abstract

We report a case of urinary tract infection caused by an unusual genotype (sequence type 211) of Pasteurella multocida associated with human infection. Molecular genetic analysis of P. multocida isolates obtained from the human patient and his pet strongly suggests a zoonotic transmission of this bacterium.

Keywords: MLST; PFGE; Pasteurella multocida; Spain; UTI; bacteria; bacterial infections; dog; molecular characterization; pets; urinary tract infection; zoonoses.

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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of ApaI (A) and SmaI (B) digested genomic DNA of Pasteurella multocida isolates from an 83-year-old man with a urinary tract infection (lane 1) and his pet dog (lane 2). Lanes λ (Lambda Ladder PFGE marker [New England BioLabs, Ipswich, MA, USA]) and lanes B (DNA from Salmonella enterica serovar Branderup H9812 digested with XbaI) used as molecular size standards.
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