title: Life-threatening respiratory pasteurellosis associated with palliative pet care.
abstract: Pasteurella multocida is a zoonotic Gram-negative cocco-bacillus often associated with soft tissue infections due to dog and cat bites. Here we report 3 patients who developed life-threatening P. multocida respiratory tract infections after providing palliative care to their dying pets.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Residency, Summa Akron City Hospital/Northeast Ohio Medical University Program, Akron, OH 44304, USA. myersj@summahealth.org
authors.forename: Emily M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Sarah L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D057805:Pets / Q000382:microbiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents