Pasteurella multocida infection of a total knee arthroplasty after a "dog lick".
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The patient we report here underwent a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) which got infected with P. multocida after her dog had licked a small wound at the third toe of the same foot. Despite a correct treatment comprising synovectomy and cleansing, and an active antibiotic treatment for 3 months, the patient was readmitted for persistent infection of the same knee 2 weeks after the end of the antibiotic treatment. Sampling during surgery allowed for the growth of a P. multocida isolate proven by a molecular method to be identical to the previously isolated strain. This recurrent P. multocida infection was treated by a two-step change of the TKA comprising a 2-month period of antibiotic treatment between the two surgical interventions.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Dogs
- Knee Prosthesis
- Pasteurella Infections
- Pasteurella multocida
- Prosthesis-Related Infections
Anatomy
- knee