Abstract
Pasteurella multocida is a rare cause of infective endocarditis with only a few cases described. This report involves a 38-year-old penicillin-allergic patient in an immunocompromised state with several co-morbidities. Two molecular microbiological techniques, 16S rRNA sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry were used to confirm the species identification as P. multocida. Previous reports in the literature are also reviewed.
Highlights
N Two molecular microbiological techniques, o 16S rRNA sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight e mass spectrometry were used to confirm the s species identification as P. multocida
The blood culture set taken on admission was positive with P. multocida but the abdominal swab grew only mixed anaerobes
The patient was treated following our local protocol for infective endocarditis: he was switched to Ceftriaxone IV 2 gr/OD, a PICC line was inserted in the right arm and he was discharged under the OPAT
Summary
N Two molecular microbiological techniques, o 16S rRNA sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight e mass spectrometry were used to confirm the s species identification as P. multocida. Previous reports in the literature are u reviewed. -c from literature reviews, are found to be associated with prior animal trauma, a second n source of infection (e.g. cellulitis) and high o mortality rates.[1] We report a case in N which a pet owner developed P. multocida show any relevant consolidation and abdominal ultrasound noted two small abdominal collections that had already been noted posttransplant and had since decreased in size.
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