Infective Exacerbation of Pasteurella multocida

Table 2

Summary of the findings of a literature review of Pasteurella multocida pneumonia in the last 10 years (PubMed search “Pasteurella multocida pneumonia”) and Pasteurella multocida cases identified in literature review conducted by Christenson et al. [1, 7, 12–18].

Patient characteristics	Number of patients
Age
Infants	3
1–29 years	0
30–64 years	3
65 years	8
Outcome
Died	7
Survived	4
Unknown	2
Animal exposure
Presence of bites/scratches/licking wound	1
Close contact without bites or scratches	10
No contact	1
Unknown	1
Underlying disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3
Ischaemic heart disease	1
Cirrhosis	2
Malignancy	2