Brain abscess due to Pasteurella multocida. 1994

Z X Li, and B Zhao, and Z Feng
Bacteriological Laboratory, Second Affillated Hospital, HeBei Medical College, Shijiazhuang, China.

The patient was a 26-year-old man who complained of headache and vomiting. On examination, there was nothing abnormal, but the edge of the right optic papilla was not clear. His temperature was 38.5 degrees C, pulse 96/min, blood pressure 120/80 mmHg. A space-occupying lesion in his fronto-dextra cupular part was found by CT scanning. He had a 12-year history of chronic purulent otitis. The diagnosis was a brain abscess in the fronto-dextra cupular part. The brain abscess was extracted and Pasteurella multocida was isolated from the dark brown pus draining from the abscess. The patient recovered through proper antibiotic therapy based on a sensitivity test. Reports of infections caused by this organism in foreign countries very widely from local infections due to bites and scratches by cats, dogs etc. to general infections such as infections of the respiratory tract, sepsis and meningitis. However, Pasteurella multocida brain abscesses are rare. Pasteurella multocida is a Gram-negative short rod which is best known as part of the mouth flora and as a pathogen causing septicemia in many domestic animals, such as cats, dogs etc.. Infection in man results mainly from animal bites or scratches. It has been reported that Pasteurella multodida can cause human septicemia, meningitis, respiratory tract infection, conjunctivitis and other infections. We isolated a strain of Pasteurella multocida from the pus of a brain abscess following chronic purulent otitis on August 6, 1990.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010035 Otitis Media, Suppurative Inflammation of the middle ear with purulent discharge. Otitis Media, Purulent,Purulent Otitis Media,Suppurative Otitis Media
D010326 Pasteurella Infections Infections with bacteria of the genus PASTEURELLA. Pasteurellosis,Infections, Pasteurella,Infection, Pasteurella,Pasteurella Infection,Pasteurelloses
D001922 Brain Abscess A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected material from a focus of suppuration elsewhere in the body, notably the PARANASAL SINUSES, middle ear (see EAR, MIDDLE); HEART (see also ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL), and LUNG. Penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA and NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES may also be associated with this condition. Clinical manifestations include HEADACHE; SEIZURES; focal neurologic deficits; and alterations of consciousness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp712-6) Brain Abscess, Child,Brain Abscess, Multiple,Brain Abscess, Pyogenic,Brain Abscess, Sterile,Cerebral Abscess,Abscess, Brain,Abscess, Cerebral,Abscess, Child Brain,Abscess, Multiple Brain,Abscess, Pyogenic Brain,Abscesses, Cerebral,Abscesses, Multiple Brain,Brain Abscesses,Brain Abscesses, Multiple,Brain Abscesses, Pyogenic,Brain Abscesses, Sterile,Cerebral Abscesses,Child Brain Abscess,Multiple Brain Abscess,Multiple Brain Abscesses,Pyogenic Brain Abscess,Pyogenic Brain Abscesses,Sterile Brain Abscess,Sterile Brain Abscesses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D016979 Pasteurella multocida A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria normally found in the flora of the mouth and respiratory tract of animals and birds. It causes shipping fever (see PASTEURELLOSIS, PNEUMONIC); HEMORRHAGIC BACTEREMIA; and intestinal disease in animals. In humans, disease usually arises from a wound infection following a bite or scratch from domesticated animals.

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