Fulminant septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Italy: Case report.
Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection was recently recognized as a zoonosis. We report the first case of fulminant septic shock in Italy caused by this pathogen. The patient, with a history of splenectomy, died at the main hospital in Brescia with a presumptive diagnosis of sepsis. PCR and sequencing on post mortem samples confirmed C. canimorsus as a causative organism. Our purpose is to alert medical professionals to the virulence of C. canimorsus in asplenic and immunocompromised patients.
['Piccinelli|Giorgio|G|', 'Caccuri|Francesca|F|', 'De Peri|Elena|E|', 'Tironi|Andrea|A|', 'Odolini|Silvia|S|', 'Notarangelo|Lucia Dora|LD|', 'Gargiulo|Franco|F|', 'Castelli|Francesco|F|', 'Latronico|Nicola|N|', 'Facchetti|Fabio|F|', 'Caruso|Arnaldo|A|']
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septic shock Capnocytophaga canimorsus PCR sequencing