DISEASE: Pasteurellosis

Entry

H00306                      Disease

Name

Pasteurellosis

Description

Pasteurella species are gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacilli found in the animal's oral cavity. Most human infections are caused by dog or cat bites. Disseminated Pasteurella infections can lead to serious diseases including septic shock and meningitis mostly in infants and pregnant women.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
  Infections caused by other gamma proteobacteria
   H00306  Pasteurellosis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases
   1B99  Pasteurellosis
    H00306  Pasteurellosis

Pathogen

Pasteurella multocida [GN:pmu pmv pmul]
Pasteurella canis
Pasteurella multocida subsp septica
Pasteurella stomatis
Pasteurella dagmatis

Drug

Penicillin G potassium [DR:D01053]
Penicillin G sodium [DR:D05408]

Comment

Pasteurella are usually not susceptible to dicloxacillin, cephalexin, clindamycin, or erythromycin.
Potential virulence factors include capsular lipopolysaccharide, a cytotoxin, and iron acquisition proteins.

Other DBs

ICD-11:

1B99

ICD-10:

A28.0

MeSH:

D010326 D012766

Reference

PMID:6371440

Authors

Weber DJ, Wolfson JS, Swartz MN, Hooper DC

Title

Pasteurella multocida infections. Report of 34 cases and review of the literature.

Journal

Medicine (Baltimore) 63:133-54 (1984)

Reference

PMID:19555903

Authors

Oehler RL, Velez AP, Mizrachi M, Lamarche J, Gompf S

Title

Bite-related and septic syndromes caused by cats and dogs.

Journal

Lancet Infect Dis 9:439-47 (2009)
DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70110-0

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