Pasteurella multocida septicemia caused by close contact with a domestic cat: Case report and literature review

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 250-252

  Kimura, Ryosuke ^a   Hayashi, Yoshinari ^a   Takeuchi, Toyo ^a   Shimizu, Manabu ^a   Iwata, Masaru ^a   Tanahashi, Junji ^a   Ito, Makoto ^a  

^a Kariya Toyota General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Pasteurella multocida; Pneumonia; Septic shock; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PIPERACILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SINUSITIS;

EID: 4644324251     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-004-0331-5     Document Type: Article

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