Antibiotic treatment following a dog bite in an immunocompromized patient in order to prevent Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection: A case report

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hloch, Ondrej ^a   Mokra, Dana ^a   Masopust, Jan ^a   Hasa, Jan ^a   Charvat, Jiri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Multiorgan failure; Nosocomial infection; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; MYCOPLASMA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84905371684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-432     Document Type: Article

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