Open AccessPASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA MENINGITIS AND CERVICAL SPINE OSTEOMYELITIS IN A NEONATE
Author(s) -
Denton Hirsh,
Kevin Farrell,
Christopher M. Reilly,
Simon Dobson
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000143658.74006.d0
Subject(s) - medicine , pasteurella multocida , meningitis , osteomyelitis , meninges , cervical vertebrae , surgery , pathology , biology , genetics , bacteria
A 20-day-old male infant presented with fever, decreased alertness and quadriparesis as a result of Pasteurella multocida meningitis and C1-2 vertebral osteomyelitis. Although his household contained 2 pet cats, there was no history of bites, scratches or licks. We speculate that colonization of the nasopharynx was followed by contiguous spread to the retropharyngeal soft tissue, cervical vertebrae and meninges.