Pasteurella multocida is the causative agent of a wide range of diseases in avian and mammalian hosts. Gene expression in response to low iron conditions was analyzed in P. multocida using whole-genome microarrays. The analysis shows that the expression of genes involved in energy metabolism and electron transport generally decreased 2.1- to 6-fold while that of genes used for iron binding and ...

Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT) is a protein toxin found in toxigenic strains of Pasteurella multocida. PMT is the causative agent for atrophic rhinitis in pigs, a disease characterized by loss of nasal turbinate bones due to an inhibition of osteoblast function and an increase in osteoclast activity and numbers. Apart from this, PMT acts as a strong mitogen, protects from apoptosis and has a...

Acute infectious PF occurs in the presence of severe acute infection, most commonly caused by Neisseria meningitidis, followed by Streptococcus pneumonia [4]. Early full spectrum antibiotic, supportive therapy and fresh frozen plasma (FFP) are essential in this subtype of PF with high mortality rate. We describe a case of rapidly progressive acute infectious PF presenting in an adult with Paste...

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 t...

Pancoast's syndrome due to chronic pneumonia by Pasteurella multocida. J. Ribas, L. Lores, J. Ruiz, V. Ausina, J. Morera. ERS Journals Ltd 1997. ABSTRACT: Infectious causes of Pancoast’s syndrome are extremely rare. We describe the case of a patient with Pancoast’s syndrome due to chronic pneumonia resulting from Pasteurella multocida. The patient was not immunosuppressed and had had no contac...

Mice immunized with the potassium thiocyanate extract of Pasteurella haemolytica, serotype 1, were found to resist a challenge infection of P. multocida type A, thus demonstrating cross-protection. This finding was further supported by the finding that an antiserum directed against the potassium thiocyanate extract of P. haemolytica was bactericidal to P. multocida and vice versa.

Pasteurella multocida Heddleston serovar 3 and 4 strains share a common lipopolysaccharide 1 biosynthesis locus but display both interand intra-strain lipopolysaccharide heterogeneity. 2 3 Marina Harper, Frank St. Michael, Marietta John, Evgeny Vinogradov, Jennifer A. Steen, 4 Lieke van Dorsten, Jason A. Steen, Conny Turni, Patrick J Blackall, Ben Adler, Andrew 5 D. Cox and John D. Boyce 6 7 Au...