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...

The purpose of this article is to review the clinical features of pasteurellosis in a tertiary centre over a period of 4½ years. We have identified eight cases of Pasteurella multocida and one case of Pasteurella canis infection, with a large diversity of clinical pictures and outcomes. All patients were elderly and/or immunocompromised and 55.6% reported animal exposure. Soft tissue infections...

Loss of the genetic determinant for pesticin I in Pasteurella pestis results in concomitant loss of the plague coagulase and fibrinolytic factor. The median lethal dose for mice of an isolate lacking only these activities is increased by factors of about 10(1), 10(4), and 10(7) cells when administered by the intravenous, intraperitoneal, and subcutaneous routes, respectively. Virulence of the a...

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...

A strain of Pasteurella pestis, harboring the F'Cm plasmid from Escherichia coli, was able to donate its chromosome to auxotrophic recipient strains of P. pestis. The frequency of gene transfer in P. pestis was approximately 10(-6) per donor cell, 100 times less efficient than gene transfer in Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis, but efficient enough to determine entry times for the markers histidin...

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...

Actinobacillus lignieresii and Actinobacillus equuli were cultured from a total of 36 guinea pigs, rats, and mice. The organisms were isolated from the oropharynx, the conjunctiva, and middle ear. Isolates were initially screened by eight biochemical tests to determine whether they were of the genus Actinobacillus. Actinobacillus spp. were then differentiated by fermentation reactions of nine c...