HEMOPTYSIS AS THE SOLE PRESENTATION OF PASTEURELLA-MULTOCIDA INFECTION

Pasteurella multocida has been implicated as the cause of a variety of respiratory conditions leg, bronchitis, pneumonia, lung abscess, empy ema), but hemoptysis has been noted only in conjunction with other lun g conditions. We report a case in which hemoptysis was the sole manife station of Pasteurella infection. The patient was a middle-aged man wi th severe obstructive lung disease and exposure to cats. Diagnosis was made by bronchoscopy and high-dose penicillin was required for resolu tion.