Pasteurellosis

Other locations are possible, such as septic arthritis, meningitis, and acute endocarditis, but are very rare.^{[citation needed]}

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is made with isolation of Pasteurella multocida in a normally sterile site (blood, pus, or cerebrospinal fluid).^{[citation needed]}

Treatment

As the infection is usually transmitted into humans through animal bites, antibiotics usually treat the infection, but medical attention should be sought if the wound is severely swelling. Pasteurellosis is usually treated with high-dose penicillin if severe. Either tetracycline or chloramphenicol provides an alternative in beta-lactam-intolerant patients. However, it is most important to treat the wound.^{[citation needed]}

Animals

P. multocida causes numerous pathological conditions in domestic animals. It often acts with other infectious agents, such as

• Shipping fever in cattle and sheep ("shipping fever" may also be caused by Mannheimia haemolytica, in the absence of P. multocida,^[5][6] and M. haemolytica serovar A1 is known as the most common cause of the disease.^[5] The pathologic condition commonly arises where the causative organism becomes established by secondary infection, following a primary bacterial or viral infection, which may occur after stress, e.g. from handling or transport.^[6]
  )
• Enzootic pneumonia of sheep (and goats, with frequent intervention of M. haemolytica)^{[citation needed]}
• Fowl cholera (chicken and other domestic poultry and cage birds)^{[citation needed]}
• Enzootic pneumonia and atrophic rhinitis of
  pigs^{[citation needed}
  ]
• Pasteurellosis of chinchillas^{[citation needed]}
• Pasteurellosis of rabbits^{[citation needed]}
• Pasteurellosis is suspected to be the cause of recurrent mass mortality of Saiga antelopes.^[7]

See also

• Hemorrhagic septicemia
• Pasteurellaceae

References