Pasteurella spp in Knee Mega Prosthesis Infection: A Case Report

doi:10.15344/2456-4028/2016/105

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International Journal of Clinical & Medical Microbiology Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCMM-105, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2016/105

Case Report

Pasteurella spp in Knee Mega Prosthesis Infection: A Case Report

Sara Giordana Rimoldi^1*, Cristina Pagani¹, Annamaria Di Gregorio¹, Alessandro Palazzin¹, Pietro Romano², Stefania Piconi³, Simone Passerini³, Giuliano Salvadori del Prato², Massimo Coen³, Erika Longhi⁴ and Maria Rita Gismondo¹

¹Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Virologia e Diagnostica delle Bioemergenze, Ospedale Luigi Sacco-Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20156 Milano, Italy
²Unità Operativa di Ortopedia Azienda Ospedaliera-Polo Universitario Luigi Sacco, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20156 Milano, Italy
³Divisione di Malattie Infettive Azienda Ospedaliera-Polo Universitario Luigi Sacco, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20156 Milano, Italy
⁴Anatomia Patologica Azienda Ospedaliera-Polo Universitario Luigi Sacco, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20156 Milano, Italy

Corresponding Author Details: Dr. Sara Giordana Rimold, Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Virologia e Diagnostica delle Bioemergenze, Ospedale Luigi Sacco-Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20156 Milano, Italy; E-mail: rimoldi.sara@hsacco.it

Received: 25 February 2016; Accepted: 18 June 2016; Published: 20 June 2016

Citation: Rimoldi SG, Pagani C, Gregorio AD, Palazzin A, Romano P, et al. (2016) Pasteurella spp in Knee Mega Prosthesis Infection. Int J Clin Med Microbiol 1: 105. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2016/105

Copyright: © 2016 Rimoldi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Pasteurella spp is the most frequently pathogen isolated from infected wound inflicted by domestic animal bites. Here we present a case of isolation of Pasteurella pneumotropica like organism from knee mega prosthesis infection occurred in 63 years old female.

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