Capnocytophaga canimorsus: infection, septicaemia, recovery and reconstruction
Open Access
- 1 July 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 57 (7), 901-903
- https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47756-0
Abstract
A case is presented of a life-threatening septicaemia and associated peripheral necrosing microembolic phenomenon, resulting from a dog lick to an insignificant burn wound. The isolated bacterium was Capnocytophaga canimorsus, a slow-growing Gram-negative bacillus commonly found in dog saliva. Any clinician seeing patients with a history of dog bite/saliva contact and progressive illness should consider this bacterium as a possible offender and take special care to elicit an accurate history, specifically including questions regarding animal contact.Keywords
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