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Pasteurella multocida meningitis and cervical spine osteomyelitis in a neonate
Denton Hirsh1, Kevin Farrell, Chris Reilly
1Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|November 17, 2004
Abstract:
A 20-day-old male infant presented with fever, decreased alertness and quadriparesis as a result of Pasteurella multocida meningitis and C1-2 vertebral osteomyelitis. Although his household contained 2 pet cats, there was no history of bites, scratches or licks. We speculate that colonization of the nasopharynx was followed by contiguous spread to the retropharyngeal soft tissue, cervical vertebrae and meninges.