The mode of infection of Pasteurella multocida?
Ans (b) Animal bites or scratches Pasteurella multocida Group of bacteria similar to Yersinia often carried in the upper respiratory tract of variety of animals such as dogs, cats, cattle. It may cause hemorrhagic septicemia in these animals. P. multocida is nonmotile, Gram-negative bacilus, resembling Yersinia, but differing in being oxidase-positive, producing indole and failing to grow on MacConkey agar. Human infection is rare but may occur following animal bites or scratches. Clinical manifestation includes local suppuration, meningitis (following bite in head) respiratory tract infection. Tetracycline and streptomycin are drug of choice.
Endogenous infection
Animal bites or scratches
Human beings
Aerosols and dust