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Pasteurella multocida septic shock after a cat scratch in an elderly otherwise healthy woman: a case report
Jenaro A Fernández-Valencia1, Sebastian García, Salvio Prat
1Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain. jenarovalencia@comb.es
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|March 25, 2008
Abstract:
Pasteurella multocida, a gram-negative coccobacillus, is a commensal in the nasopharynx of many animals. P. multocida infections most commonly involve the skin, soft tissues, and respiratory tract, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. The present case illustrates a severe articular infection caused by this bacterium, leading to septic shock, in an elderly, otherwise healthy woman, after a simple scratch of a cat.
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