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INTERNAL MEDICINE
Volume 57, Issue 2, Pages 273-277Publisher
JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9196-17
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Capnocytophaga canis; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; sepsis; oxidase activity
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K08662] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Sepsis caused by a Capnocytophaga canis infection has only been rarely reported. A 67-year-old female with a past medical history of splenectomy was admitted to our hospital with fever and general malaise. She had been bitten by a cat. She showed disseminated intravascular coagulation and multi-organ failure because of severe sepsis. On blood culture, characteristic gram-negative fusiform rods were detected; therefore, a Capnocytophaga species infection was suspected. A nucleotide sequence analysis revealed the species to be C. canis, which was newly identified in 2016. C. canis may have low virulence in humans; however, C. canis with oxidase activity may cause severe zoonotic infection.
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