Grangeon V, Lelièvre H, Celard M, Campagni P H, Vandenesch F, Cordier J F
Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Lyon.
Rev Mal Respir. 2000 Jun;17(3):693-6.
We report a case of a lung abscess due to Pasteurella multocida, isolated from bronchial secretions by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Antibodies against Pasteurella multocida were elevated in the patient, and absent in controls (including the patient's wife). The identity of the strain isolated in the patient and that in his cat was proved by molecular method using pulsed field gel electrophoresis.