Pasteurelosis

It is a zoonótica disease caused by a bacterium: Multocida Pasteurella.
Most of the dogs and cats are carrying (other mammals also) of this bacterium this means that the Pasteurella is a current inhabitant in the mouth of our mascots reason why a mordedura can be the cause of I infect, knows that they exist average of transmission by other routes like the respiratory tract or digestive, although in rare occasions.
When the carrier bites to other dogs or the man, that bacterium produces infections purulentas or abscesses.
Of the man the main clinical manifestations consist of infected wounds caused by mordedura, the cases of septicemia are exceptional.
With the mordedura, the microorganism is transmitted to the wound and few hours later there is tumefacción, reddening and intense pain in the region.
The inflammatory process can penetrate to deep layers, arrive at the bony crust (periostio) and produce weave death (necrosis). It can be complicated with séptica arthritis, osteomielitis, sinusitis, pleuritis, leptomeningitis and in the dog, in addition, average otitis.
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Author: MV Adelaida A. Goldman

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