Sepsis by Pasteurella multocida in an Elderly Immunocompetent Patient after a Cat Bite

Pasteurella multocida colonizes animal scratches and bites. This bacterium was described to cause sepsis or endocarditis mainly in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of a 92-year-old woman presenting at the Emergency Department with coma and fever a week after the bite of her cat. The ca...

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Autores principales: Caserza, Lara, Piatti, Gabriella, Bonaventura, Aldo, Liberale, Luca, Carbone, Federico, Dallegri, Franco, Ottonello, Luciano, Gustinetti, Giulia, Del Bono, Valerio, Montecucco, Fabrizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5727562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29318064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2527980

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