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Volume 30, Number 7—July 2024
Research Letter

Pasteurella bettyae Infections in Men Who Have Sex with Men, France

Andy Li, Florian Herms, Dominique Pataut, Jean-Baptiste Louison, Charles Cassius, Manel Merimèche, Jean David Bouaziz, Béatrice Berçot1, and Sébastien Fouéré1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Hôpital Saint-Louis Centre for Genital and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Paris, France (A. Li, F. Herms, D. Pataut, J.-B. Louison, C. Cassius, J.D. Bouaziz, S. Fouéré); Hôpital Saint Louis National Reference Centre for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections, Paris (M. Merimèche, B. Berçot); French Institute for Medical Research (INSERM) Joint Research Unit 1137, Paris (M. Merimèche, B. Berçot)

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Table 1

Demographic and behavioral characteristics, bacteriological data, clinical manifestations, and evolution of Pasteurella bettyae infection among 9 men who have sex with men, France*

Pt no. Year pos Age Partners/ y Animal contact Condom use PrEP Clinical manifestation Culture site Other pathogens
retrieved		 P. bettyae AMR Antimicrobial treatment
(follow-up)
1
 2018
 52
 10
 N
 Y, exc oral
 N
 Balanitis
 Coronal sulcus
 None
 None
 None
(healing)
2
 2018
 34
 8
 N
 Y, exc oral
 N
 Balanitis
 Coronal sulcus
 Haemophilus parainfluenzae,
Finegoldia magna
 None
 Cefixime
(none)
3
 2019
 46
 Unk
 Unk
 Occ
 Y
 Balanitis
 First void urine
+ urethra
 H. parainfluenzae
 None
 None
(none)
4
 2020
 22
 1
 N
 N
 N
 Balanoposthitis
 Coronal sulcus
 None
 Penicillin G
 None
(none)
5
 2020
 27
 10
 Unk
 Occ
 N
 Urethritis
 Urethra
 Neisseria gonorrhoeae
 None
 Ceftriaxone/ doxycycline 
(none)
6
 2021
 22
 8
 Unk
 Y, exc oral
 N
 Balanitis
 Glans penis
 Streptococcus dysgalactiae
 None
 None
(none)
7
 2021
 54
 35
 Cat
 N
 Y
 Genital ulcer
 Coronal sulcus
 C. trachomatis
 None
 Penicillin G benzathine/
doxycycline
(ulcer healing)
8
 2021
 56
 10
 Cows
 Occ
 N
 Punctuate
balanoposthitis
 Coronal sulcus
 S. agalactiae,
F. magna
 TMP/SMX
None
(partial healing on zinc oxide paste)
9 2022 58 1 Unk N N Persistent genital ulcer
2 wk after primary syphilis treatment		 Coronal sulcus None Penicillin G/
ampicillin		 Amoxicillin/ clavulanate
(healing with indurated scar)

*AMR, antimicrobial resistance; exc, except; occ, occasional; pos, positive; PrEP, preexposure HIV prophylaxis; pt, patient; TMP/SMX, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; unk, unknown.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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