1. Pasteurella multocida Zoonotic Ascending Infection: An Unusual Cause of Tubo-Ovarian Abscess
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Alain Bizzini, Chahin Achtari, Guy Prod'hom, David Baud, Gilbert Greub, and Katia Jaton
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endocrine system diseases ,animal diseases ,Pasteurella Infections ,Zoonoses ,Abscess/microbiology ,Pasteurella Infections/drug therapy ,Medicine ,Ovarian Diseases ,Abscess ,Pasteurella multocida ,Pasteurella multocida/isolation & purification ,biology ,Zoonotic Infection ,Abscess/surgery ,Pasteurella Infections/pathology ,Fallopian Tube Diseases ,respiratory system ,Ovarian Diseases/drug therapy ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Abscess/drug therapy ,Infectious Diseases ,Vaginal swabs ,Fallopian Tube Diseases/pathology ,Female ,Ovarian Diseases/surgery ,Pasteurella Infections/surgery ,Adult ,Fallopian Tube Diseases/microbiology ,Microbiology ,Fallopian Tube Diseases/drug therapy ,Ovarian Diseases/pathology ,Virology ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Animals ,Humans ,Pasteurella ,Pasteurella Infections/microbiology ,business.industry ,Ovarian Diseases/microbiology ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,tubo-ovarian abscess ,Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ,Fallopian Tube Diseases/surgery ,business - Abstract
We report a tubo-ovarian abscess due to Pasteurella multocida. This zoonotic infection was likely of ascending origin, as Pasteurella was also isolated from vaginal swabs.
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- 2012
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