%0 Journal Article
%T Serious phlegmonous lesion of the hand following an injury by vegetal thorn: Never forget Pasteurella multocida!
%A A. Lemnouer
%A A. Maleb
%A H. Yacoubi
%A J. Elmalki
%A M. Elouennass
%A M. Frikh
%A N. Abdeljaouad
%A O. Bouayadi
%A Y. Ben Lahlou
%J Archive of "Trauma Case Reports".
%D 2018
%R 10.1016/j.tcr.2017.11.001
%X Pasteurella multocida can cause serious infections after dog or cat bite. We report here a rare case of hand infection caused by P. multocida consecutive to an injury by a thorn of the prickly pear. It caused an amputation of the distal phalanx of the thumb in a trisomic patient
%K Pasteurella multocida
%K Bites and stings
%K Infection
%K Osteitis
%K Amputation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5887093/