Pulmonary Cavitation and Massive Hemorrhage Caused byPasteurella multocida

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PASTEURELLA multocida is a small, gram-negative and nonmotile rod that frequently causes diseases known as hemorrhagic septicemia in lower animals and cholera in chickens. It has previously been known by various names including Past, avicida, Past, boviseptica and Past. suiseptica. The name Past. multocida has been adopted for all these forms because they are bacteriologically identical.Most reported cases in human beings consist of localized infections after animal bites. A local pyogenic reaction, with abscess formation and osteomyelitis of subjacent bone, is usual in the absence of specific therapy. Systemic infections, generally meningitis, have also been reported. Septicemia may . . .

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