Vol. 36 No. 5 (2019): October
Clinical Case

Pasteurella multocida bacteremia associated with contact with a domestic animal: Case report

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  • Alberto Navarro Navajas,
  • Nicolás Ariza-Ordoñez,
  • Camilo Barrera
Alberto Navarro Navajas
Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiología
Nicolás Ariza-Ordoñez
Universidad del Rosario
Camilo Barrera
Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiología

Published 2019-11-25

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Navarro Navajas A, Ariza-Ordoñez N, Barrera C. Pasteurella multocida bacteremia associated with contact with a domestic animal: Case report. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. [Internet]. 2019 Nov. 25 [cited 2025 Nov. 19];36(5). Available from: https://revinf.cl/index.php/revinf/article/view/347

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Abstract

Pasteurella species are known to be one of the most frequently isolated in oral microbiota of domestic and wild animals, because of that, they are associated with skin and soft tissues infections secondary to bites and scratches. Systemic infections are uncommon, but are associated with dissemination from localized infections and some risks factors related to immunosuppression. We report a case of Pasteurella multocida bacteremia in an 88 years old patient, associated with food sharing with his dog; a bacteremia mechanism never described before in the medical literature.
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