Clinical course of Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia from acute onset to life crisis

Hideki Tsunoda; Hidetomo Nomi; Kunihiko Okada; Tsuneaki Kenzaka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3511

Clinical course of Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia from acute onset to life crisis

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov 11;9(1):266-268. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3511. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Hideki Tsunoda¹, Hidetomo Nomi², Kunihiko Okada³, Tsuneaki Kenzaka^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Japan.
² Department of Cardiology Saku Central Hospital Advanced Care Center Saku Japan.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine Saku Central Hospital Advanced Care Center Saku Japan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Medical Center Tamba Japan.
⁵ Division of Community Medicine and Career Development Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Kobe Japan.

Abstract

Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia can present without signs of sepsis just after onset. For patients with fever, discerning the history of an animal bite is crucial. If it is positive for a dog bite, antibiotic treatment should be started.

Keywords: Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia; animal bite; fulminant sepsis.

Publication types

Case Reports