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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 35, 2003 - Issue 2
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Case Report

Spontaneous Empyema and Overwhelming Septic Shock due to Pasteurella multocida

Kevin B. Laupland Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta
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Karen P. Rimmer Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta
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Daniel B. Gregson Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta
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David W. Megran Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, AlbertaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 132-133 | Received 11 Sep 2002, Accepted 04 Oct 2002, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Invasive Pasteurella multocida infection, although uncommon, has been recognized to occur more frequently among patients with hepatic cirrhosis. This study reports a fatal case of bacteremic P. multocida empyema without pneumonia associated with refractory septic shock in a patient with both cirrhosis and asplenia.

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