title: Septicemia due to Pasteurella pneumotropica: 16S rRNA sequencing for diagnosis confirmation.
abstract: Bacteremia due to Pasteurella pneumotropica occurs infrequently. We report a case of septicemia in a 72-year-old woman who had no underlying illness. The microorganism was isolated from 10 blood cultures and identified by conventional and molecular methods. This is the first reported case of P. pneumotropica septicemia in an immunocompetent patient. The history of P. pneumotropica diseases in animals and humans and their varied clinical features are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France. Noelle.Frebourg@chu-rouen.fr
authors.forename: Noëlle Barbier
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Frebourg
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berthelot
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hocq
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chibani
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lemeland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D010325:Pasteurella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S