title: Postoperative wound infection with Pasteurella multocida from a pet cat.
abstract: We summarize an unusual postoperative wound infection that was caused by Pasteurella multocida from a house cat licking the incision in an obese gynecologic oncology patient. A 48-year-old morbidly obese woman had a wound abscess 6 weeks after hysterectomy and panniculectomy for a International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IA grade 1 endometrial cancer. P multocida was cultured from the abscess and the patient was treated with drainage and intravenous antibiotics. Further history revealed that her house cat had licked the wound. P multocida wound infection is a potential complication for people with dog or cat contact postoperatively. Penicillin G is the antibiotic of choice for treatment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA.
authors.forename: Mee Lee
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Buekers
authors.forename: Anil K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.forename: Joel I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Sorosky
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents