A case of Pasteurella haemolytica sepsis in a patient with mitral valve disease who developed a splenic abscess.
We report a patient with sepsis caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, an extremely rare etiologic agent of human infection, who had mitral valve disease and developed a splenic abscess.
Takeda
Seiji
S
Fouth Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
Arashima
Yasutomo
Y
Kato
Kimitoshi
K
Ogawa
Masahiro
M
Kono
Kenji
K
Watanabe
Kentaro
K
Saito
Takao
T
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016978:Mannheimia haemolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016871:Pasteurellaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; C016927:isepamicin