Pasteurella multocida ecthyma complicated by necrotizing fasciitis

Pasteurella multocida pneumonia complicated by Staphylococcus aureus.

A 71-year-old woman presented with acute non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema. She proved to have a Pasteurella multocida pneumonia, with blood stream invasion by the organism, and required positive pressure ventilation for 53 days. Penicillin G., the drug of choice for this infection, failed to reverse the steady decline in her arterial oxygen-tension, and it was only after treatment with chloramp...

Nicolau's Syndrome Complicated by Atypical Necrotizing Fasciitis

267 We read with interest the article by Kim and colleagues [1] entitled “Nicolau’s syndrome after intramuscular injection: 3 cases.” Recently, we published a case report in The Journal of Dermatology about embolia cutis medicamentosa [2]. Herewith, we highlight the lethal potential and the possible serious complications of this syndrome by reporting a case of complicated life-threatening Nicol...

Traumatic abdominal hernia complicated by necrotizing fasciitis.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a critical illness involving skin and soft tissues, which may develop after blunt abdominal trauma causing abdominal wall hernia and representing a great challenge for physicians. A 52-year-old man was brought to the emergency department after a road accident, presenting blunt abdominal trauma with a large non-reducible mass in the lower-right abdomen. A first, CT showe...

Siderophore production by Pasteurella multocida.

Pasteurella multocida grown under conditions of iron deprivation secreted into the culture medium a growth-enhancing factor which functioned as a siderophore. The siderophore was found to be neither a phenolate nor a hydroxamate by chemical tests and bioassays and was given the trivial name multocidin. Multocidin was partially purified and found to be a highly polar, nonaromatic, and dialyzable...

Endocarditis caused by Pasteurella multocida.