Pasteurella multocida Infective Endocarditis
Yuji, D.; Tanaka, M.; Katayama And Kenichirou Noguchi, I.
Journal of Heart Valve Disease 24(6): 778-779
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0966-8519 PMID: 27997786 Document Number: 681488
Pasteurella multocida, a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic coccobacillus, is a common oral flora of dogs and cats. P. multocida often causes infection in humans after animal bites and scratches, and human pasteurellosis is generally a locoregional infection. Systemic complications, particularly endocarditis, are very rare, except in immunodeficient patients. Endocarditis caused by P. multocida can have severe outcomes; hence, surgical treatment is often required. Here, a case is described of endocarditis caused by P. multocida in a previously healthy patient with no history of animal injury, which was successfully treated with surgery.