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Pasteurella Multocida Bacteremia Secondary to Multiple Cat Scratches
West Florida Division GME Research Day 2020
  • Charles Boadu, HCA Healthcare
  • Andrea Hernandez, HCA Healthcare
  • Bassem Zeidan, HCA Healthcare
  • John T Young, HCA Healthcare
  • Johnathan Frunzi, HCA Healthcare
Division
West Florida
Hospital
Medical Center of Trinity
Specialty
Internal Medicine
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
6-1-2020
Keywords
  • Bacteremia,
  • Sepsis,
  • Pasteurella Multocida,
  • Chronic kidney disease,
  • Diabetes Mellitus,
  • Hemodialysis.
Abstract

Pasteurella multocida(P. multocida)is part of the normal gastrointestinal and upper respiratory flora of domestic and wild animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, opossums, boars, tigers, lions and horses (1, 2). Transmission of P. multocidais usually through scratches and bites leading to infections of the soft tissue and skin (3,4). P. multocida bacteremia is rare, but occurs in individuals with major risk factors including chronic pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, end state renal disease (ESRD), and an immunocompromised state (3,4). Non traumatic infections of P. multocida in immunocompromised individuals,are more likely to require care in the intensive care unit (ICU), likely to occur in patients with severe comorbidities, and are likely to end in mortality (4). In this case, we present P. multocida bacteremia in an immunocompromised adult male with end stage kidney on hemodialysis.

Citation Information
Charles Boadu, Andrea Hernandez, Bassem Zeidan, John T Young, et al.. "Pasteurella Multocida Bacteremia Secondary to Multiple Cat Scratches" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/johnathan-frunzi/14/