Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Pasteurella multocida urinary tract infection.
- Journal:
- Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
- Year:
- 1984
- Authors:
- Warren, J S & Smith, J W
Plain-English summary
A urinary tract infection caused by the bacteria Pasteurella multocida is quite rare, especially since this bacteria is usually linked to animal bites or scratches. In this case, a woman with advanced cervical cancer had P multocida found in her urine. Most people with this type of infection also have some kind of structural problem in their urinary tract or other ongoing health issues. These underlying conditions seem to play a significant role in how this infection develops.
Abstract
Most Pasteurella multocida infections in humans have been associated with animal bites or scratches. While a variety of infections involving P multocida, unassociated with animal trauma, have been described, infections of the urinary tract are rare. We studied a case in which P multocida was isolated from the urine of a woman with advanced uterine cervical cancer. In most of the cases in which P multocida has been isolated from urine, the patients have had anatomic defects of the urinary tract, as well as an underlying chronic illness. These host-related characteristics appear to be important in the pathogenesis of P multocida urinary tract infection.
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