Pasteurella multocida Septicemia in a Patient with Cirrhosis: An Autopsy Report

More people are keeping pets in their homes but may not be sufficiently aware of the potential danger from infections. We report an autopsy case of a 57-year-old man affected by cirrhosis. Septic shock with Pasteurella multocida pneumonia was the cause of his death. P. multocida was the source of in...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Case reports in infectious diseases 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-3
Main Authors: Ikematsu, Kazuya, Murase, Takehiko, Umehara, Takahiro, Yamamoto, Takuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Case Report
Emergency medical care
Forensic pathology
Infections
Laboratories
Liver cirrhosis
Patients
Pneumonia
Zoonoses
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:More people are keeping pets in their homes but may not be sufficiently aware of the potential danger from infections. We report an autopsy case of a 57-year-old man affected by cirrhosis. Septic shock with Pasteurella multocida pneumonia was the cause of his death. P. multocida was the source of infection via the respiratory tract and caused pneumonia. Cirrhosis is one of the risk factors for P. multocida infection. A detailed patient history about animal exposure should be obtained and a differential diagnosis of P. multocida infection must be kept in mind.
ISSN:2090-6625
2090-6633
DOI:10.1155/2015/597806