title: Pasteurella multocida infective endocarditis in an immunocompetent patient complicated by rhabdomyolysis and permanent hearing loss.
abstract: Pasteurella multocida is an inhabitant of the oral cavity of a variety of livestock and domestic pet species, especially cats and dogs. The case reported illustrates a 60-year-old, immunocompetent female patient who presented with P. multocida sepsis and aortic valve endocarditis. This required surgical bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement. Investigation also found infection-induced rhabdomyolysis and permanent hearing loss, both previously unassociated with P. multocida infection.
authors.affiliation: Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Nino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mikaberidz
authors.forename: Eric Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Cynthia C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Taub
keywords: Endocarditis; Pasteurella multocida; Rhabdomyolysis
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