Beware of Dog and cat bites! Beware of Pasturella pneumotropica - A Rare Case Report
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
Pasturella pneumotropica are small, gramnegative , oxidase positive bacilli that colonize the mucous membranes of domestic and wild animals but these are not present usually in the normal flora in human beings[1][2] . Infection in humans is mainly caused by the bites, saliva and scratches of animals[3][4][5] . Lymphangitis and cellulitis are the common clinical presentation resulting from the direct exposure and that can be complicated by tenosynovitis, osteomyelitis, bone abscess and septic arthritis[7].
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Dr Binish Gulzar
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