TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacteremic meningitis due to Pasteurella multocida resistant to first line antibiotic therapy
AU - Larnè, Damiano
AU - Ceccarelli, Manuela
AU - Condorelli, Fabrizio
AU - Rullo, Emmanuele Venanzi
AU - Nunnari, Giuseppe
AU - Pellicanò, Giovanni Francesco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© D. Larnè et al., 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Pasteurella species reside in the gastrointestinal tract of many animals, especially in pets such as cats or dogs. Zoonotic transmission of Pasteurella to human is documented. We describe a case of meningitis in a 66-year-old woman with positive blood culture for Pasteurella multocida. Meningitis caused by zoonosis agents is a rare event, but it should be suspected in patients that have recreational or professional exposure to animals. In this case, not only the etiologic agent was rare, but the microorganism was also resistant to firstline antibiotic drugs.
AB - Pasteurella species reside in the gastrointestinal tract of many animals, especially in pets such as cats or dogs. Zoonotic transmission of Pasteurella to human is documented. We describe a case of meningitis in a 66-year-old woman with positive blood culture for Pasteurella multocida. Meningitis caused by zoonosis agents is a rare event, but it should be suspected in patients that have recreational or professional exposure to animals. In this case, not only the etiologic agent was rare, but the microorganism was also resistant to firstline antibiotic drugs.
KW - Bacteremia
KW - Meningitis
KW - Pasteurella multocida
KW - Zoonosis
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U2 - 10.4081/idr.2018.7632
DO - 10.4081/idr.2018.7632
M3 - Article
SN - 2036-7430
VL - 10
SP - 26
EP - 27
JO - Infectious Disease Reports
JF - Infectious Disease Reports
IS - 2
M1 - 7632
ER -
