PASTEURELLA DAGMATIS AND DOG-BITE WOUND

Pasteurella dagmatis is a commensal bacteria of the respiratory airway s and gastrointestinal flora of animals. This bacteria, previously kno wn as Pasteurella ''gas'', Pasteurella new species 1 or Pasteurella pn eumotropica type Henriksen is rarely implicated in human pathology. We report the isolation of this bacteria, associated with Moraxella sp, from a wound infection on the right hand resulting from a dog bite. Af ter surgical and medical treatment, the patient's condition was improv ed. P. dagmatis is often isolated simultaneously with other bacteria a nd mis-identification may have contributed to a slightly underestimate d frequency of its isolation.