A unique outbreak of Pasteurella multocida in a chronic disease hospital

M. Itoh, P.M. Tierno , M. Milstoc and A.R. Berger

American Journal of Public Health, 1980, vol. 70, issue 11, 1170-1173

Abstract: An outbreak of Pasteurella multocida infection, involving 7 patients on 2 adjacent wards, has been observed. All 7 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.

Date: 1980
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