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Polymicrobial Periprosthetic Infection with Pasteurella canis Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report
By Elena Cristina Gîrbovan, Alexandra Ioana Asztalos, Vlad Adrian Pop and 3 others.
Abstract
Background and clinical significance:Pasteurella spp. are Gram-negative coccobacilli, aerobic facultatively anaerobic, belonging to the Pasteurellaceae family. In humans, they are known to cause zoonotic diseases, which usually develop after dog or cat bites, licks or scratches.