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Giorgio Piccinelli1, Francesca Caccuri1, Elena De Peri2
1Section of Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, and ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
Abstract:
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.
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