Pasteurella caballi infection following a horse bite.
The isolation of Pasteurella caballi from an horse-bite wound in a 56-year-old man is reported. Biochemical characteristics are described and compared with the other species representing the genus Pasteurella. This strain probably represents the first human isolate of P. caballi in France.
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Laboratoire des Pasteurella, CIP, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Aubart
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D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010325:Pasteurella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology