[Pasteurella multocida lung abscess. Study of a case with demonstration of a cat as vector]. / Pneumopathie abcédée à Pasteurella multocida. Etude d'un cas avec démonstration du rôle du chat comme vecteur.

We report a case of a lung abscess due to Pasteurella multocida, isolated from bronchial secretions by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Antibodies against Pasteurella multocida were elevated in the patient, and absent in controls (including the patient's wife). The identity of the strain isolated in the patient and that in his cat was proved by molecular method using pulsed field gel electrophoresis.