title: Pasteurella multocida tonsillitis: case report and review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville 37920-6999, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Ramdeen
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Baddour
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010326:Pasteurella Infections; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000382:microbiology*