Question 28 · LEK · Cross-cutting topics

Skin infection with rapidly spreading connective tissue infection, purulent discharge from the wound, general symptoms and the formation of distant abscesses, caused by Pasteurella multocida is characteristic of wounds caused by:

  1. A. dogs.
  2. B. cats.
  3. C. rodents.
  4. D. venomous snakes.
  5. E. none of them.
Hint

Pasteurella lives in the mouths of several pets; recall which animal leaves deep puncture wounds with the highest infection rate.

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