CAPNOCYTOPHAGA-CANIMORSUS SEPTICEMIA IN AN ASPLENIC PATIENT

Authors
RUDDOCK TL RINDLER JM BERGFELD WF
Citation
Tl. Ruddock et al., CAPNOCYTOPHAGA-CANIMORSUS SEPTICEMIA IN AN ASPLENIC PATIENT, Cutis, 60(2), 1997, pp. 95-97
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Cutis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114162
Volume
60
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
95 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4162(1997)60:2<95:CSIAAP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We present a classic case of Capnocytophaga canimorsus septicemia. G. canimorsus (from the Latin canis, dog; and morsus, a bite), formerly c alled CDC group DF-2, is a gram-negative rod that typically causes sep ticemia with disseminated intravascular coagulation in both immunocomp romised and immunocompetent hosts.(1)