Fatal Pasteurella multocida septicaemia following a cat bite in a man without liver disease.
We report a fatal case of septicaemia caused by Pasteurella multocida that followed a cat bite. The patient, a man aged 54 years, was not suffering from disease of the liver but had a history of ischaemic heart disease, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and rheumatoid arthritis which had been treated with steroids for 13 years.
Jones
A G
AG
Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, U.K.
Lockton
J A
JA
D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002415:Cats; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010325:Pasteurella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*