Pasteurella multocida Zoonotic Ascending Infection: An Unusual Cause of Tubo-Ovarian Abscess

Authors :: Alain Bizzini
Chahin Achtari
Guy Prod'hom
David Baud
Gilbert Greub
Katia Jaton
Source :: Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 84-85
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2012.
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.

Subjects :: 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

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