Two dog-related infections leading to death: Overwhelming Capnocytophaga canimorsus sepsis in a patient with cystic echinococcosis

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-115

  Matulionyte, Raimonda ^a   Lisauskiene, Ingrida ^a   Kekštas, Gintautas ^a   Ambrozaitis, Arvydas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Dogrelated infection; Echinococcus granulosus; Fulminant sepsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863471920     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina48020011     Document Type: Article

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