Infective Exacerbation of Pasteurella multocida

Table 1

Summary of features of patients with Pasteurella multocida septicaemia. This table is a summary of 2 literature reviews on Pasteurella multocida septicaemia from 2 large literature reviews based on PubMed search from 1984 to 2003 and 2004 to 2014, respectively [5, 7]. Please note that some patients had more than one underlying disease and presentation of more than one clinical disease.

Patient characteristics	Number of patients
Age
Infants	28
1–29 years	7
30–59 years	25
>60 years	42
Outcome
Died	22
Survived	68
Unknown	2
Animal exposure
Animal exposure	84
No exposure	8
Disease
Cellulitis	21
Septic arthritis	14
Meningitis	15
Peritonitis	8
Pneumonia	11
Endocarditis	7
No focus of infection	9
Other infections	24
Underlying disease
Cirrhosis	16
Diabetes mellitus	9
Malignancy	8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3
Others	30
Healthy	39