title: Community-acquired pneumonia due to Pasteurella multocida.
abstract: Most cases of community-acquired pneumonia result from infection with predictable common pathogens. However, rare patients develop pneumonia from unusual bacterial species such as Pasteurella multocida, a Gram-negative oral commensal of most dogs and cats. The majority of P. multocida infections involve skin and soft tissue and complicate a bite or scratch. I report the case of an elderly man who owned 16 cats and developed bacteremic pneumonia with P. multocida. .
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, 33 West Rahn Road, #101, Dayton OH 45429, USA. mmarinella@pol.net
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marinella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002415:Cats; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000635:transmission; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C035444:sultamicillin; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam