Fatal capnocytophaga infection associated with splenectomy

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 664-666

  Dudley, Mary H ^a,b   Czarnecki, Lawrence A ^b   Wells, Mark A ^b  

^a Sedgwick County Health Department   (United States)

^b Regional Forensic Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Autopsy; Capnocytophaga; Forensic science; Microbiology; Splenectomy; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BITE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CYNODEGMI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATALITY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; SPLENECTOMY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33646722159     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00104.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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