A Case of Pasteurella haemolytica Sepsis in a Patient with Mitral Valve Disease who Developed a Splenic Abscess

We report a patient with sepsis caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, an extremely rare etiologic agent of human infection, who had mitral valve disease and developed a splenic abscess.

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2003-10, Vol.35 (10), p.764-765
Main Authors: Takeda, Seiji, Arashima, Yasutomo, Kato, Kimitoshi, Ogawa, Masahiro, Kono, Kenji, Watanabe, Kentaro, Saito, Takao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - microbiology
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial sepsis
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases
Gentamicins - therapeutic use
Heart
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Mannheimia haemolytica - isolation & purification
Medical sciences
Pasteurella haemolytica
Pasteurellaceae Infections - drug therapy
Pasteurellaceae Infections - microbiology
Spleen - microbiology
Spleen - pathology
Splenic Diseases - drug therapy
Splenic Diseases - microbiology
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Summary:We report a patient with sepsis caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, an extremely rare etiologic agent of human infection, who had mitral valve disease and developed a splenic abscess.
ISSN:0036-5548
1651-1980
DOI:10.1080/00365540310016385