| [a case of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida complicated with diabetes mellitus]. | we report a case of sepsis who died caused by pasteurella multocida subsp. multocide sepsis. a 68-year-old male was admitted to azusawa hospital because of disturbance of consciousness. he had been suffering from diabetes mellitus combined with gangrene, but received no treatment. the patient died 24 h after hospitalization, and pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida was isolated from his blood. laboratory tests showed that crp; 5+ wbc; 15,400/microliters, tp; 5.2 g/dl. although pasteurella mult ... | 1991 | 1791335 |
| cloning and expression of the pasteurella multocida toxin gene, toxa, in escherichia coli. | a chromosomal dna library of a toxigenic type d strain of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida was established in escherichia coli. from this library two clones, spe308 and spe312, were identified by using a monoclonal antibody against the osteoclast-stimulating p. multocida toxin (pmt). extracts of these clones showed cytopathic activity identical to that of extracts of toxigenic p. multocida. the recombinant plasmids, pspe308 and pspe312, directed the synthesis of a protein with an apparent ... | 1989 | 2680987 |
| hemorrhagic septicemia in fallow deer (dama dama) caused by pasteurella multocida multocida. | four outbreaks of hemorrhagic septicemia caused by pasteurella multocida multocida occurred in a population of 1,800 fallow deer (dama dama) during 1992-1996. a total of 340 fallow deer were submitted for postmortem examination. pasteurellosis was diagnosed in 273 of 312 deer suspected of having septicemia. pasteurella multocida was isolated from 257 animals, and the diagnosis was based on typical pathologic changes alone in the other 16 animals. pasteurella multocida was isolated in pure cultur ... | 1999 | 10484148 |
| sialic acid metabolism and systemic pasteurellosis. | pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida is a commensal and opportunistic pathogen of food animals, wildlife, and pets and a zoonotic cause of human infection arising from contacts with these animals. here, an investigation of multiple serotype a strains demonstrated the occurrence of membrane sialyltransferase. although p. multocida lacks the genes for the two earliest steps in de novo sialic acid synthesis, adding sialic acid to the growth medium resulted in uptake, activation, and subsequent tr ... | 2005 | 15731025 |
| microorganisms associated with a pneumonic epizootic in rocky mountain bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis canadensis). | a comprehensive study of a pneumonic epizootic was initiated when the first signs of disease were noted in a metapopulation of bighorn sheep inhabiting hells canyon, bordering idaho, oregon, and washington. a total of 92 bighorn sheep were tested for etiologic agents during the following 6-mo study period. the study population included bighorn sheep believed to be the subpopulation in which disease was first noted, and these sheep were translocated to a holding facility in an effort to contain t ... | 2007 | 18229860 |
| characterization of pasteurella spp. strains isolated from human infections. | this report describes the distribution of species and capsular groups in a collection of 143 strains of pasteurella recovered from human patients. the organism isolated most frequently was pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida. as in animals, most of the group a strains were recovered from the respiratory tract. the distribution of species in relation to the animal source suggests that p. multocida subsp. multocida is more infective than other pasteurella species or subspecies for man. | 2004 | 15003471 |
| sharing of pasteurella spp. between free-ranging bighorn sheep and feral goats. | pasteurella spp. were isolated from feral goats and free-ranging bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis canadensis) in the hells canyon national recreation area bordering idaho, oregon, and washington (usa). biovariant 1 pasteurella haemolytica organisms were isolated from one goat and one of two bighorn sheep found in close association. both isolates produced leukotoxin and had identical electrophoretic patterns of dna fragments following cutting with restriction endonuclease haeiii. similarly pasteure ... | 2003 | 14733287 |
| pasteurella multocida from outbreaks of avian cholera in wild and captive birds in denmark. | an outbreak of avian cholera was observed among wild birds in a few localities in denmark in 2001. the highest mortalities were among breeding eiders (somateria mollissima) and gulls (larus spp.). pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) was conducted using apai and smai as restriction enzymes and restriction enzyme analysis (rea) using hpaii. the pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida strain isolated from birds in this outbreak was indistinguishable from a strain that caused outbreaks in 1996 an ... | 2003 | 14733275 |
| a case of pasteurella multocida peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis and review of the literature. | two episodes of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis, which occurred four months apart and were both due to pasteurella multocida, were noted in a 73 year old woman. this report aims to describe the clinical history of these episodes and the microbiological investigations that were undertaken. the relevant literature will also be discussed. | 2004 | 15109592 |
| taxonomic subgroups of pasteurella multocida correlate with clinical presentation. | pasteurella multocida is a small nonmotile gram-negative coccobacillus that is found in the nasopharynx and gastrointestinal tract of many wild and domesticated animals. in humans it most commonly causes cellulitis and localized superficial skin abscesses following an animal bite or scratch. the respiratory tract is the second most common site of infection for pasteurella: of the more than 17 species of pasteurella known, pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida and pasteurella multocida subsp. se ... | 2002 | 12202590 |
| use of single-enzyme amplified fragment length polymorphism for typing pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida isolates from pigs. | single-enzyme amplified fragment length polymorphism (se-aflp) analyses were used to differentiate 97 isolates of porcine pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida. the strains, isolated from animals with pneumonia, rhinitis, and septicemia, were classified as capsular types a, d, and f. se-aflp showed a discriminatory index of 0.87 and identified 18 different profiles. | 2003 | 12682175 |
| pasteurellosis in japanese quail (coturnix coturnix japonica) caused by pasteurella multocida multocida a:4. | | 2004 | 15311804 |
| pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida and p. multocida subsp. septica differentiation by pcr fingerprinting and alpha-glucosidase activity. | pasteurella multocida is composed of three subspecies that are often differentiated by fermentation of sorbitol and dulcitol. we studied 35 dulcitol-negative p. multocida isolates from infected dog and cat bite wounds, 16 of which yielded weak and/or conflicting fermentation reactions in andrades sorbitol, thus making it difficult to distinguish between the two dulcitol-negative subspecies of p. multocida, i.e., p. multocida subsp. multocida and p. multocida subsp. septica. all isolates and two ... | 2001 | 11427568 |
| pasteurella multocida infection in heterophil-depleted chickens. | the present study was aimed at elucidating the role of heterophil granulocytes during the initial infection with pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida in chickens. chickens (17 and 19 wk old) were depleted of their heterophil granulocytes by 5-fluorouracil treatment. when the heterophil blood counts were significantly reduced, the birds were inoculated intratracheally with 1.8-4.3 x 10(4) colony-forming units of p. multocida. twelve, 24, or 48 hr postinoculation, the birds were euthanatized and ... | 2004 | 15529968 |
| evaluation of changes in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of pasteurella multocida subsp multocida isolates from pigs in spain in 1987-1988 and 2003-2004. | to determine the susceptibility of strains of pasteurella multocida subsp multocida isolated from lung specimens of pigs with pneumonia to 20 antimicrobials and to evaluate the emergence of resistance to those antimicrobials in spain during the past 2 decades. | 2006 | 16579760 |
| v-factor dependent strains of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida. | at bacteriological examination of swine lungs with pneumoniae due to mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, two strains of pyridine nucleotide (v-factor) requiring bacteria were isolated. they exhibited a pattern of biochemical reactions fitting with that of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida. deoxyribonucleic acid (dna): dna hybridization with these isolates and pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida showed that they were v-factor requiring strains of this species. preliminary investigations on the qual ... | 1987 | 3425031 |
| characterisation of dermonecrotic toxin-producing strains of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida isolated from man and swine. | thirty-six isolates, from man or swine, of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida producing (n = 13) or not producing (n = 23) the dermonecrotic toxin (dnt) were studied by numerical analysis, capsular typing and ribotyping. toxigenic strains were also characterised by restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) of the toxa gene and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge). numerical analysis differentiated the pasteurella species and subspecies, but did not discriminate between toxigenic and ... | 1999 | 9989639 |
| linezolid activity compared to those of selected macrolides and other agents against aerobic and anaerobic pathogens isolated from soft tissue bite infections in humans. | linezolid was tested against 420 aerobes and anaerobes, including 148 pasteurella isolates, by an agar dilution method. linezolid was active against all pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida and p. multocida subsp. septica isolates and most pasteurella canis, pasteurella dagmatis, and pasteurella stomatis isolates. the mic was </=2 microg/ml for staphylococci, streptococci, ef-4b, weeksella zoohelcum, fusobacterium nucleatum, other fusobacteria, porphyromonas spp., prevotella spp., peptostrepto ... | 1999 | 10348773 |
| specificity of dna probes for the detection of toxigenic pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida strains. | five dna probes directed against different regions of the gene that encodes the dermonecrotic toxin of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida were examined for their ability to identify toxigenic p. multocida subsp. multocida strains. the specificities of the probes were studied with 96 strains of p. multocida subsp. multocida and 22 strains of 11 other bacterial species. results of colony hybridization assays using these probes indicated that two of the five probes have potential diagnostic val ... | 1990 | 2203816 |
| in vitro efficacy of n-duopropenide, a recently developed disinfectant containing quaternary ammonium compounds, against selected gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. | to study the efficacy of n-duopropenide against various gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. | 1999 | 10211693 |
| [a case of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida septicemia due to cat bites in liver cirrhosis patient]. | a 60-year-old male who had been suffering from liver cirrhosis was admitted to our hospital with high grade fever accompanied by right chest pain. chest x-rays revealed a moderate amount of pleural fluid suggesting pleuritis. multocida was isolated from the blood culture as well as the pleural fluid. antibiotic therapy was initiated according to the drug susceptibility of the isolates. ten days treatment was effective on the cessation of both septicemia and the clinical symptoms. since the patie ... | 1995 | 8708412 |
| [electron microscopic studies of mucosal extirpates of rabbits after after in vitro contact with pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida strains]. | in vitro experiments of adhesion and colonisation of mucosal surface fragments (nose, trachea) from freshly killed rabbits with four strains of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida with different types of capsule antigen (a, d, without capsule) showed the following results: above all the capsule serovar a strain, producing a capsule of hyaluronic acid and fimbria, were able to adhere and to form microcolonies on the mucosal surface. microvilli of epithelial cells and mucus producing cells were ... | 1990 | 2220185 |
| characterization and distribution of pasteurella species recovered from infected humans. | during a 3-year period, all pasteurella strains recovered at the clinical microbiological laboratory, lund, sweden, were studied biochemically with respect to their relationship to the recently described taxa of this genus. of 159 strains recovered from 146 infected humans, 95 were identified as pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida, 21 as pasteurella multocida subsp. septica, 28 as pasteurella canis, 10 as pasteurella stomatis, and 5 as pasteurella dagmatis. the homology within and between the ... | 1992 | 1452670 |
| [the first report of human chronic sinusitis by pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida in japan]. | a 53-year-old male visited our hospital due to nasal obstruction persisting for 6 months and constant rhinorrhea. pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida was isolated from his nasal discharge and lavage fluid of the maxillary sinus, and also from the oral cavity of the dog he kept. the bacterial strains isolated from the patient and dog were identical in terms of biochemical properties, and drug sensitivity. although serotype was different, the strain from the patient showed (a:6) and that from h ... | 1992 | 1402086 |
| naturally acquired pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida infection in a closed colony of rabbits: characteristics of isolates. | twelve litters, comprising 41 rabbits aged 35 to 60 days old, in a closed university colony, were monitored for acquisition of nasal pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida infection. isolates from 11 infected rabbits were characterized by colonial morphology, capsular type, biotype and antibiotic resistance. selected isolates were further characterized by somatic antigen typing. two major strains of p. multocida subsp. multocida were detected in the colony. one strain had mucoid colonies, fermen ... | 1991 | 1921322 |
| activities of hmr 3004 (ru 64004) and hmr 3647 (ru 66647) compared to those of erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin, roxithromycin, and eight other antimicrobial agents against unusual aerobic and anaerobic human and animal bite pathogens isolated from skin and soft tissue infections in humans. | the activities of hmr 3004 and hmr 3647 and comparator agents, especially macrolides, were determined by the agar dilution method against 262 aerobic and 120 anaerobic strains isolated from skin and soft tissue infections associated with human and animal bite wounds. hmr 3004 and hmr 3647 were active against almost all aerobic and fastidious facultative isolates (mic at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited [mic90], < or = 0.5 and 1 microg/ml, respectively) and against all anaerobes [bacteroid ... | 1998 | 9593139 |
| differentiation of toxigenic from nontoxigenic isolates of pasteurella multocida by pcr. | a pcr assay was developed for the differentiation of toxigenic pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida strains, the major etiologic agent for progressive atrophic rhinitis in pigs, from nontoxigenic strains. the pcr targeted a toxa gene encoding a 143-kda dermonecrotic toxin that is considered to be the central etiologic factor in progressive atrophic rhinitis. toxa fragments were amplified from toxigenic p. multocida isolates but not from nontoxigenic isolates or other bacteria isolated from pig ... | 1994 | 8027302 |
| virulence of pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida isolated from outbreaks of fowl cholera in wild birds for domestic poultry and game birds. | chickens, turkeys, partridges and pheasants were experimentally infected with pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida to investigate whether outbreaks of fowl cholera in avifauna might represent a risk for organic, backyard and industrial poultry production. birds were infected intra-tracheally with a strain of p. multocida subsp. multocida (40605-1) isolated from outbreaks of fowl cholera in wild birds in denmark. p. multocida subsp. multocida strain p-1059 was included as a reference strain. th ... | 2001 | 19184870 |
| [human respiratory tract infection by pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida presumably derived from the cat]. | pasteurella multocida is a gram-negative short rod-shaped bacteria that has been recognized as a pathogen of hemorrhagic septicemia and fowl cholera in the veterinary medicine. infections by this microorganism as seen in the foreign literature vary widely from local infections due to bites and scratches by animals to general infections such as infections of the respiratory tract, sepsis, and meningitis. in japan, reported cases of p. multocida infections are predominantly local infections, follo ... | 1990 | 2243191 |
| Otariodibacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from the oral cavity of pinnipeds. | A total of 27 bacterial isolates from California sea lions and a walrus tentatively classified with the family Pasteurellaceae were further characterized by geno- and phenotypic tests. Phylogenetic analysis of partial 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequences showed that the isolates investigated formed a monophyletic group, tentatively designated Bisgaard taxon 57. According to 16S rRNA gene sequence, the closest related validly named species was Bisgaardia hudsonensis with 95 % similarity and the close ... | 2011 | 22199211 |
| [clinicobacteriological study of pasteurella multocida infection as a zoonosis. (2)--comparisons of p. multocida separated from patients and their pet dogs and cats]. | a total of 17 strains of pasteurella multocida, of which 13 were isolated from patients treated at nihon university itabashi hospital or nihon university surugadai hospital between april, 1984 and march, 1991 and 4 from 1 dog and 3 cats kept by the patients, were evaluated with respect to their biochemical properties, sensitivity to drugs, and serotype. the isolated strains were all considered to be pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida because of the agreement of their responses to indole, sor ... | 1992 | 1507482 |
| the first outbreak of fowl cholera in muscovy ducks (cairina moschata) in japan. | the first outbreak of fowl cholera occurred in a flock of muscovy ducks (cairina moschata) in okinawa prefecture of japan in november 1990. fifty (25%) of 200 birds in a farm died of an acute disease. remaining birds recovered after treatment with oxytetracycline. pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida was isolated in pure culture from all tissues tested from two dead birds. serovars of the isolates were identified as carter's capsular type a. heddleston's type 3.4.12, and namioka's type 5:a whi ... | 1992 | 1477178 |
| identification of bacteria associated with feline chronic gingivostomatitis using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. | feline chronic gingivostomatitis (fcgs) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the oral cavity that causes severe pain and distress. there are currently no specific treatment methods available and little is known regarding its aetiology, although bacteria are thought to play a major role. the purpose of this study was to identify the oral bacterial flora in normal and diseased cats. oral swabs were obtained from the palatoglossal folds of eight cats (three normal and five fcgs) and were subjected ... | 2011 | 20828946 |
| detection of tetracycline-resistant and susceptible pasteurellaceae in the nasopharynx of loose group-housed calves. | the aim of the present study was to determine which pasteurella and mannheimia species are present in the upper respiratory tract of healthy calves with no history of antimicrobial treatment prior to sampling. the presence of subpopulations of tetracycline-resistant pasteurellaceae was also investigated. nasal swabs from 61 loose group-housed, clinically healthy calves, 1 to 4 months old, from 16 dairy herds were inoculated aerobically on a selective medium (columbia agar with 5% ovine blood and ... | 2006 | 17004035 |
| the influence of oral bacteria on tissue levels of toll-like receptor and cytokine mrnas in feline chronic gingivostomatitis and oral health. | feline chronic gingivostomatitis (fcgs) is an inflammatory disease of the oral cavity that causes severe pain and distress in affected cats. treatment methods are currently very limited. the aims of this study were to assess the feline innate immune response by investigating the levels of cytokine and toll-like receptor (tlr) mrnas in tissue biopsies of cats with and without fcgs, and to relate this to the presence or absence of putative oral pathogens identified previously within these cats. mu ... | 2012 | 23287555 |