Pasteurella multocida tonsillitis: case report and review.

Ramdeen, G D; Smith, R J; Smith, E A; Baddour, L M · Clin Infect Dis · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Pasteurella multocida is frequently part of the normal flora of the nasopharynx and digestive tract of several wild and domestic animals. Although P. multocida can produce a variety of upper and lower respiratory tract infections, only four previous cases of tonsillitis caused by this organism have been reported. We present a case of pasteurella tonsillitis in a 30-year-old female who was exposed through her cat, which manifested upper respiratory symptoms.

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