Spontaneous empyema and overwhelming septic shock due to Pasteurella multocida

Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(2):132-3. doi: 10.1080/0036554021000026995.

Abstract

Invasive Pasteurella multocida infection, although uncommon, has been recognized to occur more frequently among patients with hepatic cirrhosis. This study reports a fatal case of bacteremic P. multocida empyema without pneumonia associated with refractory septic shock in a patient with both cirrhosis and asplenia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Critical Illness
  • Disease Progression
  • Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis
  • Empyema, Pleural / microbiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pasteurella Infections / complications
  • Pasteurella Infections / diagnosis*
  • Pasteurella multocida / isolation & purification*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Shock, Septic / diagnosis*
  • Shock, Septic / etiology