[Pasteurella multocida meningitis in a 93-year-old woman following a cat bite].
Pasteurella multocida is commensal of the normal nasopharynx or gastrointestinal flora in many domestic and wild animals. Cat and dog bites usually cause soft tissue infections. P. multocida is an unusual causative agent of meningitis which tends to affect neonates or aged patients. The authors report a case (a 93-year-old woman) of P. multocida meningitis induced by a cat bite with dramatic sequels leading to complete patient disability.
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Service de médecine interne à orientation pneumologie, CHR de Vichy, boulevard Denière, 03200 Vichy, France. fred_dutheil@yahoo.fr
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification*