Canis Caveat (Beware of the Dog) - Septic Shock Due To Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Contracted From A Dog Bite

S M O’Shaughnessy; L Broderick; J Walsh; K Schaffer; A Westbrook

Canis Caveat (Beware of the Dog) - Septic Shock Due To Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Contracted From A Dog Bite

Ir Med J. 2018 Dec 6;111(10):842.

Authors

S M O’Shaughnessy¹, L Broderick¹, J Walsh², K Schaffer², A Westbrook¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St. Vincent’s University Hospital
² Department of Microbiology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital

PMID: 30560637

Abstract

We describe the case of a 61-year-old immunocompetent male who developed septic shock and multiorgan failure due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus (C. canimorsus) bloodstream infection, sustained from a dog bite. Unusually, this patient developed acute liver failure and splenic infarction in addition to many of the better-known clinical sequelae of C. canimorsus infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Bites and Stings / complications*
Bites and Stings / microbiology*
Capnocytophaga*
Dogs / microbiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Immunocompetence
Liver Failure, Acute / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Organ Failure / etiology*
Shock, Septic / etiology*
Shock, Septic / microbiology*
Splenic Infarction / etiology