Pasteurella multocida tonsillitis: case report and review.
Pasteurella multocida is frequently part of the normal flora of the nasopharynx and digestive tract of several wild and domestic animals. Although P. multocida can produce a variety of upper and lower respiratory tract infections, only four previous cases of tonsillitis caused by this organism have been reported. We present a case of pasteurella tonsillitis in a 30-year-old female who was exposed through her cat, which manifested upper respiratory symptoms.
Ramdeen
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GD
Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville 37920-6999, USA.
Smith
R J
RJ
Smith
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EA
Baddour
L M
LM
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010326:Pasteurella Infections; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000382:microbiology*