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. 2019 Feb;25(2):229-235.
doi: 10.3201/eid2502.180641.

Human Pasteurellosis Health Risk for Elderly Persons Living with Companion Animals

Sándor Körmöndi, Gabriella Terhes, Zoltán Pál, Endre Varga, Mária Harmati, Kriszina Buzás, Edit Urbán

Human Pasteurellosis Health Risk for Elderly Persons Living with Companion Animals

Sándor Körmöndi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

The necessity for diagnosis and treatment of this infection is emphasized by the high number of complications and death rate.

Keywords: Hungary; Pasteurella infections; animals; bacteria; bites; companion animals; elderly; infection; pasteurellosis.

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Figure 1
Increasing tendency in annual rates of human pasteurellosis and in the number of Pasteurella isolates, Szeged, Hungary, 2002–2015.
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Figure 2
Distribution of pasteurellosis cases (N = 162) according to age group and sex, Szeged, Hungary, 2002–2015.
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Figure 3
Distribution of various Pasteurella spp. in localized and invasive infections, Szeged, Hungary, 2002–2015.
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