Dog-bite induced sepsis: a report of four cases |
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Authors: | S Hovenga JE Tulleken LV M?ller SA Jackson TS vd Werf JG Zijlstra |
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Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | Occasionally, a dog-bite is complicated by a systemic overwhelming infection. We report four consecutive patients who were admitted to our intensive care unit because of sepsis syndrome following dog-bites. The history of these patients did not reveal any immunocompromising conditions. Capnocytophaga canimorsus (C. canimorsus) was cultured from the blood culture of 2 patients. Our data illustrate that in patients with lack of immune-deficiency severe sepsis may develop. |
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