Capnocytophaga canimorsus sepsis presenting as an acute abdomen in an asplenic patient

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 213-217

  Depres Brummer P ^a   Buijs, J ^c   Van Engelenburg, K C A ^b   Oosten, H R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; DF2; Dog bite; Sepsis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CASE REPORT; CAT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG BITE; FATALITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SALIVA; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0034759007     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(01)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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