Pasteurella multocida urinary tract infection with molecular evidence of zoonotic transmission.
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.
Liu
Wendy
W
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Chemaly
Roy F
RF
Tuohy
Marion J
MJ
LaSalvia
Margaret M
MM
Procop
Gary W
GW
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*