title: Bacteremia with Bacteroides pyogenes after a cat bite.
abstract: Animal bite wounds are often infected with bacteria from the animal's oral flora. We report what we believe to be the first case of bacteremia with Bacteroides pyogenes resulting from an infected cat bite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Winsløwparken 21, 2nd floor, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark. ida.madsen@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk
authors.forename: Ida Ringsborg
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Ulrik Stenz
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Justesen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002415:Cats; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S