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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Pasteurellaceae > Pasteurella > Pasteurella multocida
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Pasteurellaceae > Pasteurella > Pasteurella multocida

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Pasteurella multocida  

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Note

  • infection: coord IM with PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS (IM) or specific indentions (IM) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria normally found in the flora of the mouth and respiratory tract of animals and birds. It causes shipping fever (see PASTEURELLOSIS, PNEUMONIC); HEMORRHAGIC BACTEREMIA; and intestinal disease in animals. In humans, disease usually arises from a wound infection following a bite or scratch from domesticated animals.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016979

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