Neonatal Pasteurella multocida subsp. septica Meningitis Traced to Household Cats: Molecular Linkage Analysis Using Repetitive-Sequence-Based PCR.
Pasteurella multocida is a rare cause of neonatal bacterial meningitis. We describe such a case and verify two household cats as the source of infection using repetitive-element PCR (rep-PCR) molecular fingering.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan, USA Bobby.Boyanton@Beaumont.edu.
Bobby L
BL
Boyanton
Division of Infectious Diseases, Beaumont Children's Hospital/Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan, USA.
Bishara J
BJ
Freij
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan, USA.
Barbara
B
Robinson-Dunn
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
Jacob
J
Makin
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Texas Children's Microbiome Center, Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jessica K
JK
Runge
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Texas Children's Microbiome Center, Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ruth Ann
RA
Luna
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D002415:Cats; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission