title: Pasteurella multocida septic shock after a cat scratch in an elderly otherwise healthy woman: a case report.
abstract: Pasteurella multocida, a gram-negative coccobacillus, is a commensal in the nasopharynx of many animals. P. multocida infections most commonly involve the skin, soft tissues, and respiratory tract, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. The present case illustrates a severe articular infection caused by this bacterium, leading to septic shock, in an elderly, otherwise healthy woman, after a simple scratch of a cat.
authors: Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain. jenarovalencia@comb.es
authors: Jenaro A
authors: JA
authors: Fernández-Valencia
authors: Sebastian
authors: S
authors: García
authors: Salvio
authors: S
authors: Prat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012782:Shoulder
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015378:Imipenem