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Capnocytophaga cynodegmi cellulitis, bacteremia, and pneumonitis in a diabetic man
1Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital & Research Centre, Bhilainagar-9, Chhattisgarh-490009, India. jlnh@vsnl.com
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|April 28, 2001
Abstract:
Capnocytophaga cynodegmi (formerly "DF-2 like organism"), a commensal organism of the canine oral cavity, is a capnophilic, gram-negative, facultative bacillus. C. cynodegmi has rarely been encountered in human diseases. We report the first known case of cellulitis, bacteremia, and pneumonitis caused by C. cynodegmi in a diabetic man from central India following a dog bite.