Why Asplenic Patients Should Not Take Care of the Neighbour’s Dog? A Fatal Course of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Sepsis
Capnocytophaga canimorsus (CC) belongs to the family Flavobacteriaceae which physiologically occurs in the natural flora of the oral mucosa of dogs and cats. In patients with a compromised immune system, CC can induce a systemic infection with a fulminant course of disease. Infections with CC are ra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3870640 |
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