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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spelling doaj-850ea6693d30432690be72147e882f3a2020-11-24T21:08:00ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122018-07-017235Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case reportGiorgio Piccinelli0Francesca Caccuri1Elena De Peri2Andrea Tironi3Silvia Odolini4Lucia Dora Notarangelo5Franco Gargiulo6Francesco Castelli7Nicola Latronico8Fabio Facchetti9Arnaldo Caruso10Section of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Pathology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalyUnit of Pediatric Onco-Hematology, ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Pathology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, ItalySection of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy; Corresponding author at: Section of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Piazza Spedali Civili, 1 – 25123 Brescia, Italy.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 on post mortem samples confirmed C. canimorsus as a causative organism. Our purpose is to alert medical professionals to the virulence of C. canimorsus in asplenic and immunocompromised patients. Keywords: Capnocytophaga canimorsus, septic shock, PCR, sequencinghttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218344035
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author Giorgio Piccinelli
Francesca Caccuri
Elena De Peri
Andrea Tironi
Silvia Odolini
Lucia Dora Notarangelo
Franco Gargiulo
Francesco Castelli
Nicola Latronico
Fabio Facchetti
Arnaldo Caruso
spellingShingle Giorgio Piccinelli
Francesca Caccuri
Elena De Peri
Andrea Tironi
Silvia Odolini
Lucia Dora Notarangelo
Franco Gargiulo
Francesco Castelli
Nicola Latronico
Fabio Facchetti
Arnaldo Caruso
Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
author_facet Giorgio Piccinelli
Francesca Caccuri
Elena De Peri
Andrea Tironi
Silvia Odolini
Lucia Dora Notarangelo
Franco Gargiulo
Francesco Castelli
Nicola Latronico
Fabio Facchetti
Arnaldo Caruso
author_sort Giorgio Piccinelli
title Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report
title_short Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report
title_full Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report
title_fullStr Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report
title_full_unstemmed Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report
title_sort fulminant septic shock caused by capnocytophaga canimorsus in italy: case report
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1201-9712
publishDate 2018-07-01
description 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 on post mortem samples confirmed C. canimorsus as a causative organism. Our purpose is to alert medical professionals to the virulence of C. canimorsus in asplenic and immunocompromised patients. Keywords: Capnocytophaga canimorsus, septic shock, PCR, sequencing
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218344035
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