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Occupationally acquired Pasteurella multocida pneumonia in a healthy abattoir worker
Shyamala Pradeepan1, Sandy Tun Min1, Katy Lai1
1Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease and Immunology, John Hunter Hospital, Division of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Abstract:
An otherwise healthy male abbatoir worker presented to his general practitioner with acute hypoxemia due to bronchopneumonia. His only occupational exposure was cleaning cow carcasses being prepared for consumption. Blood cultures were eventually positive for Pasteurella multocida. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Pasteurella multocida pneumonia in an abattoir worker, and illustrates the importance of considering this infection in patients with animal exposures.
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