Pasteurella multocidameningitis in an adult: case report
Open Access
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 53 (3), 234-235
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.53.3.234
Abstract
Pasteurella multocida is known to form part of the normal flora in the nasopharynx or gastrointestinal tract in many domestic and wild animals. Most human P multocida infections are soft tissue infections caused by dog or cat bites. Less commonly this bacterium is associated with infections affecting other organ systems of man. A case of fatal P multocida meningitis discovered at the necropsy of a 52 year old man is described. P multocida is an unusual causative agent of meningitis which tends to affect those at the extremes of age.Keywords
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