[Multocida Pasteurella and leg ulcer].
BACKGROUND
We observed two cases of Pasteurella and discuss the role of bacterial sampling in ulcerations of the lower limb.


METHODS
In the first case, Pasteurella was discovered in an ulceration of the lower limb and was cured with no particularly specific care. In the second case, Pasteurella had been inoculated by scratching an ulceration and could not be cured without specific treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
No specific pathological consequence in chronic carriers could be possible, a situation which has often been reported in the literature. Pasteurella is an unusual specific cause of ulcerations of the lower limb.
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Service de Dermatologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges.
Dang
P M
PM
Bedane
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Bonnetblanc
J M
JM
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida