Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report

Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report

Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection was recently recognized as a zoonosis. We report the first case of fulminant septic shock in Italy caused by this pathogen. The patient, with a history of splenectomy, died at the main hospital in Brescia with a presumptive diagnosis of sepsis. PCR and sequencing...

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Main Authors: Giorgio Piccinelli, Francesca Caccuri, Elena De Peri, Andrea Tironi, Silvia Odolini, Lucia Dora Notarangelo, Franco Gargiulo, Francesco Castelli, Nicola Latronico, Fabio Facchetti, Arnaldo Caruso
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218344035

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