Pasteurella multocida Bacteremia and Peritonitis in a Patient With Cirrhosis: A Life-Threatening Case From a Prick of a Cactus
| Autor: | Giuseppe Morelli, Jodi-Anne Wallace, Alberto Unzueta, Jonathan Hussain |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology animal diseases Peritonitis Case Report Gastroenterology Sepsis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Internal medicine otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Pasteurella peritonitis Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Pasteurella multocida biology business.industry cirrhosis multocida medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Antibiotic coverage Surgery Bacteremia Cellulitis cactus business Safety Research 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2324-7096 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2324709617726103 |
| Popis: | A 58-year-old male with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis presents with right lower extremity cellulitis, abdominal tenderness, and severe sepsis after sustaining puncture injury from a cactus on a property with feral cats. Blood cultures and diagnostic paracentesis were consistent with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Pasteurella multocida, a gram-negative coccobacillus found in the respiratory tract of domestic animals. The patient received timely antibiotic coverage with resolution of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and sepsis after 14-day treatment. This case emphasizes the life-threatening nature of systemic Pasteurella multocida infection as well as an indirect way of acquiring a zoonotic infection in a patient with end-stage liver disease. |
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