Wound infection with Neisseria weaveri and a novel subspecies of pasteurella multocida in a child who sustained a tiger bite

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jun 15;34(12):E74-6. doi: 10.1086/340712. Epub 2002 May 24.

Abstract

A 7-year-old girl developed a wound infection as a result of a tiger bite she sustained. DNA sequence analysis revealed that the causative organisms were Neisseria weaveri and what is, to our knowledge, a previously undescribed subspecies of Pasteurella multocida, for which we propose the designation "Pasteurella multocida subspecies tigris subspecies nov."

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bites and Stings
  • Carnivora*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neisseria*
  • Pasteurella Infections / microbiology*
  • Pasteurella multocida* / classification
  • Pasteurella multocida* / isolation & purification
  • Wound Infection / microbiology*