title: A case of a late and atypical knee prosthetic infection by no-biofilm producer Pasteurella multocida strain identified by pyrosequencing.
abstract: Prosthetic joint infections due to Pasteurella multocida are rarely but increasingly reported but no data on production of biofilm are available. We report the case of a woman with a late, haematogenous peri-prosthetic infection of cemented total knee arthroplasty caused by a strain of P. multocida identified by pyrosequencing and unable to produce biofilm. Comparison of clinical and laboratory findings with those reported in other patients evidenced differences mainly in the period of symptoms' onset and in the behaviour of some inflammatory markers.
authors.forename: Carlo L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Romanò
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Vecchi
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vassena
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manzi
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Drago
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018441:Biofilms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery