Infección por pasteurella multocida de herida por mordedura de gato: reporte de caso

Abstract

Introduction:Pasteurella multocida, is a Gram-negative cocco-bacillary bacterium with infective capacity in humans. It is transmitted from the oral microbiota of companion animals such as feline and canines, through the bites, which cause mild infection such a cellulitis or severe infections. Clinical case: a 24-years old patient goes to a nursing home due to dis-comfort in the metatarsophalangeal region, with edema, erythema, and pain with consecutive functional impotence, caused by a cat bite. Surgical cleaning, radiography, and drain fluid culture were carried out, and thus co-lonies of Pasteurella multocida were isolated, which allowed the antibiotic treatment consequently the patient recovers. Conclusion: diagnosis of infections caused by animal bites includes medical assistance, radio-logy services, and microbiological identification of the infectious agent. Join work of different areas allows timely diagnosis and successful therapeutic approach to the patient ́s symptoms