Pasteurella multocida
"Pasteurella multocida" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016979
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.450.600.600.500 B03.660.250.550.590.500
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