Open AccessA unique outbreak of Pasteurella multocida in a chronic disease hospital.
Author(s) -
Mitsugi Itoh,
Philip M. Tierno,
Mayer Milstoc,
Anja Berger
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.70.11.1170
Subject(s) - pasteurella multocida , outbreak , serotype , epidemiology , medicine , antibiogram , pasteurellosis , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , antibiotic resistance , genetics
An outbreak of Pasteurella multocida infection, involving seven patients on two adjacent wards, has been observed. All seven patients were debilitated and had underlying chronic neuromuscular and/or pulmonary disease and had a tracheostomy tube in situ. The isolates of P. multocida were of the same biotype and serotype, and had an identical antibiogram. Epidemiological studies failed to determine the source of these infections.
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