Polymicrobial tenosynovitis with Pasteurella multocida and other gram negative bacilli after a Siberian tiger bite.
Mammalian bites present a considerable clinical problem because they are often associated with bacterial infections. Pasteurella multocida is a microorganism that commonly infects both canine and small feline bites. Zoonotic infections developing after large feline bites have been recognised, although their reports are limited. We describe a 35 year old man who was bitten by a Siberian tiger and who developed infectious tenosynovitis secondary to P multocida, Bergeyella (Weeksella) zoohelcum, and Gram negative bacteria most like CDC group EF-4b and comamonas species. The latter three bacteria have not been isolated previously from large feline bite wounds.
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002335:Carnivora; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000382:microbiology*