Pasteurella bettyae: Report of nine cases and evidence of an emerging neonatal pathogen

Pasteurella bettyae infection requiring finger amputation due to rapid deterioration and tissue damage

“…P. bettyae has not been reported as an infectious disease of zoonotic origin, but various infections of pleurisy, bacteremia in pregnant women, reproductive organ origin, and those of urinary origin have been reported in the old days ( Table 2 ). Although not listed in PubMed, the same finger infection as this case was reported by De Leon JP et al [14] . Since 2000, urinary and genitourinary infections with P. bettyae have been reported, suggesting a link [8] , [9] .…”

“…P. bettyae infections are reported to have been treated with penicillins, cephalosporins, and doxycycline [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] . Although erythromycin was used in the treatment of a previously reported finger infection, penicillin drugs improved the blood data in this case [14] . This provides evidence for the contribution of this organism to this patient's condition.…”

A rare seen pathogen in complicated skin-soft tissue infection: Pasteurella bettyae

“…In another report, the micro-organism found in the blood culture of a Haitian female with peripartum bacteremia was identified as P. bettyae by the Massachusetts Public Health Laboratory Institute 1 . In a study of a neonatal case of septicaemia/meningitis by De Leon et al 6 , it was reported that P. bettyae was an uncommon cause of neonatal infection.…”