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Pasteurella multocida  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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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  • txid747

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VJ7H38CP-W

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