AUTHOR=Diaz Erick , Serrano-Coll Héctor , Mattar Ameth Salim , Miranda Jorge , López Astrid , Arrieta Germán , Mattar Salim 

TITLE=Case Report: Septic shock due to Pasteurella multocida in an immunocompetent elderly from a rural area of the Colombian Caribbean

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

VOLUME=3

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/tropical-diseases/articles/10.3389/fitd.2022.1047842

DOI=10.3389/fitd.2022.1047842

ISSN=2673-7515

ABSTRACT=<p><italic>Pasteurella multocida</italic> is a germ known to present opportunistic pathologies in most cases associated with contact with animals or their secretions. Systemic infections are rare and tend to occur in patients with risk factors or those who have contact with animals. A case of P. multocida bacteremia is presented in a 76-year-old male patient from a rural area of the Colombian Caribbean who was admitted due to a neurological condition with no personal history and no relevant epidemiological data. His deterioration was torpid, and he died possibly from <italic>P. multocida</italic>.</p>