title: Pasteurella multocida urinary tract infection with molecular evidence of zoonotic transmission.
abstract: We describe a patient with a urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by Pasteurella multocida. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that the clinical isolate recovered from the patient was identical (100% band match) to P. multocida isolates recovered from the patient's cat, but the isolate differed from an isolate recovered from a visiting cat and from a laboratory control strain. The patient also had abnormal urologic anatomy secondary to surgery; this has also been associated with P. multocida UTI.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Roy F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Chemaly
authors.forename: Marion J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tuohy
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: LaSalvia
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Procop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State; D002415:Cats / Q000382:microbiology*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission*