Open AccessA Case of a Late and Atypical Knee Prosthetic Infection by No-Biofilm Producer Pasteurella multocida Strain Identified by Pyrosequencing
Author(s) -
Carlo Luca Romanò,
Elena De Vecchi,
Christian Vassena,
Giovanni Manzi,
Lorenzo Drago
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
polish journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2544-4646
pISSN - 1733-1331
DOI - 10.33073/pjm-2013-059
Subject(s) - pasteurella multocida , biofilm , strain (injury) , microbiology and biotechnology , pyrosequencing , medicine , biology , bacteria , gene , genetics
Prosthetic joint infections due to Pasteurella multocida are rarely but increasingly reported but no data on production of biofilm are available. We report the case of a woman with a late, haematogenous peri-prosthetic infection of cemented total knee arthroplasty caused by a strain of P. multocida identified by pyrosequencing and unable to produce biofilm. Comparison of clinical and laboratory findings with those reported in other patients evidenced differences mainly in the period of symptoms' onset and in the behaviour of some inflammatory markers.