A REVIEW of Oregon State Public Health Laboratory reports from 1962 to mid1965 revealed that subcultures taken from 16 persons had yielded Pasteurella muztocida. These subcultures had been submitted by various hospitals and clinics for definitive diagnosis. Discovery of P. multo&ida in t,hat many subcultures seemed unusual. A study of current medical literature, however, indicated that during the past few years an increasing number of cases of human infection from this organism have been reported.