A soft tissue infection case due to Pasteurella multocida that developed after a dog bite

Abstract

Pasteurella multocida (PM) is a gram negative coccobacillus which is frequently isolated from oropharyngeal secretions of domestic animals such as cats and dogs. For typical isolates from propable sources such as cat bite or scratch, the presence of indole-positive and oxidase-positive, gram-negative bacilli, non-growing on MacConkey agar, is usually sufficient for identification of Pasteurella multocida . Both animal bites and scratches typically cause soft tissue infections which tend to have favorable outcomes with appropriate medical treatment, however, they may also cause serious clinical conditions such as osteomyelitis, pneumonia, endocarditis, sepsis and meningitis. In this article, a case of soft tissue infection due to Pasteurella multocida in a 61 year- old diabetic female who had a history of dog bite on her left leg, was presented in the light of the literature.