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Neonatal Pasteurella multocida subsp. septica Meningitis Traced to Household Cats: Molecular Linkage Analysis Using Repetitive-Sequence-Based PCR

Bobby L. Boyanton, Bishara J. Freij, Barbara Robinson-Dunn, Jacob Makin, Jessica K. Runge, Ruth Ann Luna

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2015 · 14 citations · 6 references

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Pasteurella multocida is a rare cause of neonatal bacterial meningitis. We describe such a case and verify two household cats as the source of infection using repetitive-element PCR (rep-PCR) molecular fingering.

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