title: Pasteurella multocida meningitis in an adult: case report.
abstract: Pasteurella multocida is known to form part of the normal flora in the nasopharynx or gastrointestinal tract in many domestic and wild animals. Most human P multocida infections are soft tissue infections caused by dog or cat bites. Less commonly this bacterium is associated with infections affecting other organ systems of man. A case of fatal P multocida meningitis discovered at the necropsy of a 52 year old man is described. P multocida is an unusual causative agent of meningitis which tends to affect those at the extremes of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses