Pasteurella species
MICROBIOLOGY
- Aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, non-motile small Gram-negative bacillus or may appear as coccobacillus [Fig 1].
- Grows best on 5% sheep blood agar at 37°C.
- Usually catalase- and oxidase-positive.
- Pasteurella multocida is the most common species causing human infection.
- Other species include P. multocida subspecies septica, P. multocida subsp gallicida, P. canis., P. dagmatis, P. pneumotropica, P. aerogenes and P. stomatis.
- Typing of usually done by serology examining capsular antigens (A-F) although molecular methods are also capable.
- A common inhabitant of feline > canine oral flora. A frequent cause of illness in rabbits.
- Often part of polymicrobial aerobic and anaerobic flora of domestic pet bite wound infections.
- Pasteurella is usually susceptible to penicillins, tetracyclines or chloramphenicol.
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Last updated: February 4, 2023
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Auwaerter, Paul. "Pasteurella Species." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2023. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540420/all/Pasteurella_species.
Auwaerter P. Pasteurella species. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540420/all/Pasteurella_species. Accessed December 5, 2024.
Auwaerter, P. (2023). Pasteurella species. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540420/all/Pasteurella_species
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