GENUS: PASTEURELLA Prof. Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم GENUS: PASTEURELLA Prof. Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh
Pasteurella multocida Gram-negative, non-motile Coccobacilli Aerobic and facultatively AnO2 A parasite of domestic and wild animals May infect man >> after dog bite Do not grow on MacConkey agar
Pathogenesis A local abscess at the site of dog or cat bite, with cellulitis, adenitis and osteomyelitis (sometimes) Meningitis following head injury Infection of the respiratory system >> penumonia, bronchitis etc…
Laboratory Diagnosis Specimen Culture Identification Swabs from bite wounds CSF from cases of meningitis Secretions from suppurative respiratory tract infections Culture Blood agar Identification Cultural and Biochemical tests
Treatment Penicillin, Tetracycline, Erythromycin, TMP-SMZ Osteomyelitis following dog or cat bite >> 8 weeks treatment