RESUMEN
The authors report a case of Pasteurella multocida meningoencephalitis in a 5 week-old female infant, with special attention to clinical, laboratory and evolutive features. A moderate neurological sequel was observed at follow-up examinations. A brief review of the importance of P. multocida in human pathology is presented on the basis of the international literature, since the authors did not find any Brazilian reports. The most important feature on P. multocida is the prevalence of bacterial meningitis at the extremes of age. Otherwise, significant mistaken was found between Gram stained smears of body fluids for P. multocida and Haemophilus influenzae or Neisseria meningitidis. Because its role in infections following animal bite or scratch and its opportunistic feature, P. multocida must be included among the possible etiologic agent of bacteremia or sepsis in patients with liver cirrhosis or immunosuppression.
Asunto(s)
Meningoencefalitis/etiología , Infecciones por Pasteurella , Sordera/etiología , Farmacorresistencia Microbiana , Epilepsia/etiología , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Meningoencefalitis/líquido cefalorraquídeo , Pasteurella/efectos de los fármacos , Pasteurella/aislamiento & purificación , Pasteurella/patogenicidadRESUMEN
Os autores apresentam descriçäo clínico-laboratorial e evolutiva do caso de lactente com o diagnóstico de maningencefalite por Pasteurella multocida que apresentou na evoluçäo evoluçäo atraso neuromotor, manifestaçöes epilépticas, surdez neurossensorial e paresia crural a esquerda. Fazem também breve revisäo do papel deste agente etiológico na patologia humana. Ressaltam a importância da P. multocida em casos de meningites bacterianas, fazendo-se o diagnóstico laboratorial diferencial com o Haemophilus influenzae e Neisseria meningitidis em processos infecciosos conseqüentes a arranhadura ou mordida de animais e nas bacteremias ou septicemias em pacientes com hepatopatias crônicas ou em estados de imunodepressäo
