1. GENUS: PASTEURELLA Prof. Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
GENUS: PASTEURELLA
Prof. Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh

2. 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

3. 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…

4. 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

5. Treatment Penicillin, Tetracycline, Erythromycin, TMP-SMZ
Osteomyelitis following dog or cat bite >> 8 weeks treatment