CAPNOCYTOPHAGA-CANIMORSUS INFECTIONS - RE PORT OF 3 CASES

The name C. canimorsus was assigned to a Gram-negative bacillus former ly called DF-2, The first strain was received at the Centers for Disea se Control in 1961. In 1976, the first case report implicating this ba cterium as the cause of septicaemia and meningitis was published, Sinc e, there have been increasingly frequent reports of severe C. canimors us infections, We present here three case reports of C. canimorsus inf ections in Pontoise hospital. Clinical features are summarised. Microb iological characteristics, epidemiology and treatement are reviewed.