Late postoperative infection caused by Pasteurella multocida.
Pasteurella multocida is often found in local infections after animal bites. Septic conditions however are rare. A case of late infection by P. multocida at the site of the osteosynthesis 1 year after a primarily healed pertrochanteric fracture is described. The patient had a cat. After extraction of the plate and screws and treatment with penicillin the infection healed uneventfully.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010000:Osteitis / Q000209:etiology*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications