title: Systemic infection by Pasteurella canis biotype 1 in newborn puppies.
abstract: Pasteurella canis biotype 1, usually associated with the oral cavity of dogs and cats, or with human wound infections following dog bites, was isolated from newborn puppies with a fatal systemic infection. The identity of P. canis was confirmed by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction and the organism was susceptible to all the penicillins, cephalosporins, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones tested and to most of the aminoglycosides tested. This represents the first report of systemic pasteurellosis caused by P. canis in dogs.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Microbiología e Inmunología, Universidad de León, Spain.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: de la Puente Redondo
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Martín
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: García del Blanco
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Antolín Ayala
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alonso Alonso
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Ferri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010325:Pasteurella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology; D014132:Trachea / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial