A Case of Polyarticular Pasteurella multocida Septic Arthritis

A 76-year-old man with a history of osteoarthritis presents with right leg erythema and inability to weight-bear and pain in his right shoulder. Synovial fluid cell count of the knee and shoulder showed abundant neutrophils, and cultures of the knee showed growth of Pasteurella multocida. The patien...

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Published in:The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology 2016-01, Vol.2016 (2016), p.1-3
Main Authors: Stein, Michael A., Semret, Makeda, McConnell, Todd M., Nitoslawski, Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal bites
Ankle
Antibiotics
Arthritis
Arthritis, Infectious
Biomedical materials
Bites
Blood
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Cats
Debridement
Diagnosis
Disease
Emergency medical care
Erythema
Hospitals
Immunoglobulins
Infections
Infectious arthritis
Infectious diseases
Knee
Leukocytes (neutrophilic)
Medicine
Osteoarthritis
Pasteurella multocida
Patients
Prostheses
Rheumatoid arthritis
Shoulder
Synovial fluid
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Summary:A 76-year-old man with a history of osteoarthritis presents with right leg erythema and inability to weight-bear and pain in his right shoulder. Synovial fluid cell count of the knee and shoulder showed abundant neutrophils, and cultures of the knee showed growth of Pasteurella multocida. The patient owned four cats with which he had frequent contact, but history and physical examination elicited no evidence of scratches or bites. This case highlights the invasive potential of Pasteurella multocida in an immunocompetent individual and its capacity to cause septic arthritis in the setting of frequent animal contact.
ISSN:1712-9532
1918-1493
DOI:10.1155/2016/5025697