Thursday, October 30, 2008

Pasteurella

- facultative anerobe
- commensal on mucosa
- opportunist
- hemorrhagic sepsis in cattle
- fowl cholera
- respiratory tract infections (rabbits, cats, calves, pigs)
  • rhinitis
  • conjunctivitis
  • otitis
  • bronchitis
  • pneumonia
- abscesses in humans, dogs and cats by bites and scratches
  • associated with lymphadenitis, sepsis
- therapy: most antimicrobial agents

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