Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by a Pasteurella dagmatis-like isolate originating from a patient's cat.
Pasteurella species are part of the oral flora of cats and dogs. In humans, they are frequently found in infected animal bite wounds, but invasive infections are rare. This is the first report of prosthetic-valve endocarditis with a Pasteurella dagmatis-like species, which originated from the patient's cat.
Basel University Medical Clinic, Liestal, Switzerland.
Carol
C
Strahm
Daniel
D
Goldenberger
Marc
M
Gutmann
Peter
P
Kuhnert
Peter
P
Graber
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000382:microbiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010325:Pasteurella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D057805:Pets / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial