| Pasteurella canis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pasteurellales |
| Family: | Pasteurellaceae |
| Genus: | Pasteurella |
| Species: | P. canis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pasteurella canis Mutters et al. 1985
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Pasteurella canis is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, penicillin-sensitive coccobacillus of the family Pasteurellaceae.[1] Bacteria from this family cause zoonotic infections in humans, which manifest themselves as skin or soft-tissue infections after an animal bite. It has been known to cause serious disease in immunocompromised patients.[2][3]
Pasteurella was first described around 1880 and thought to be associated with chicken cholera and hemorrhagic septicemia in animals. The genus was first cultured in 1885. In 1920, strains of Pasteurella were isolated and observed in human infections.[1]
- ^ a b Mutters, R; P. Pohl, S.; Frederiksen, W.; Mannheim, W. (1985). "Reclassification of the Genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the Basis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Homology, with Proposals for the New Species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 35 (3): 309–322. doi:10.1099/00207713-35-3-309.
- ^ Hara, H; Ochiai, T.; Morishima, T.; Arashima, Y.; Kumasaka, K.; Kawano, K. (2002). "Pasteurella canis osteomyelitis and cutaneous abscess after a domestic dog bite". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 46 (5 Supplement): S151–S152. doi:10.1067/mjd.2002.106350. PMID 12004298.
- ^ Albert, T.J.; Stevens, D.L. (2010). "The first case of Pasteurella canis bacteremia: a cirrhotic patient with an open leg wound". Infection. 38 (6): 483–485. doi:10.1007/s15010-010-0040-1. PMID 20623245. S2CID 23668828.