[Pasteurella multocida lung abscess. Study of a case with demonstration of a cat as vector]

Rev Mal Respir. 2000 Jun;17(3):693-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a case of a lung abscess due to Pasteurella multocida, isolated from bronchial secretions by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Antibodies against Pasteurella multocida were elevated in the patient, and absent in controls (including the patient's wife). The identity of the strain isolated in the patient and that in his cat was proved by molecular method using pulsed field gel electrophoresis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Cat Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cat Diseases / microbiology*
  • Cat Diseases / transmission*
  • Cats
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Disease Vectors*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Fever / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Lung Abscess / diagnosis
  • Lung Abscess / microbiology*
  • Lung Abscess / transmission*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pasteurella Infections / diagnosis
  • Pasteurella Infections / microbiology*
  • Pasteurella Infections / transmission*
  • Pasteurella multocida* / genetics
  • Pasteurella multocida* / immunology
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • DNA, Bacterial