Pasteurella multocida meningitis in an adult: case report.
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.
Armstrong
G R
GR
Department of Histopathology, Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK.
Sen
R A
RA
Wilkinson
J
J
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