[Multocida Pasteurella and leg ulcer]. / Pasteurella multocida et ulcération de jambe.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: We observed two cases of Pasteurella and discuss the role of bacterial sampling in ulcerations of the lower limb. CASE REPORTS In the first case, Pasteurella was discovered in an ulceration of the lower limb and was cured with no particularly specific care. In the second case, Pasteurella had been inoculated by scratching an ulceration and could not be cured without specific treatment. DISCUSSION: No specific pathological consequence in chronic carriers could be possible, a situation which has often been reported in the literature. Pasteurella is an unusual specific cause of ulcerations of the lower limb.