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Pasteurella multocida (P. multocida) is a Gram-negative coccobacillus that commonly causes cellulitis after a bite, scratch or lick from a cat or dog [1]. Rarely, it may cause invasive disease,… Click to show full abstract
Pasteurella multocida (P. multocida) is a Gram-negative coccobacillus that commonly causes cellulitis after a bite, scratch or lick from a cat or dog [1]. Rarely, it may cause invasive disease, which is more common in immunocompromised patients [2]. This may include osteomyelitis, sepsis, meningitis, peritonitis, endocarditis and septic arthritis. Septic arthritis is usually caused by direct injury to the same joint, or distal to the joint. We present a case of P. multocida causing septic joint in a prosthetic knee following hematogenous spread.
Journal Title: IDCases
Year Published: 2018
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