Non-severe Serovar Type E Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection in a Post-splenectomy Male: A Case Report

(CP) causes severe infections in immunocompromised individuals. Three serovars (A, B, and C) are known to be responsible for more than 90% of infections associated with dog bites, although these three constitute only 8% of the serovars carried by dogs. We experienced a post-splenectomy non-severe ca...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 4; p. e37630
Main Authors Horiuchi, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Michio, Imaoka, Koichi, Hayakawa, Syo, Niida, Shoko, Okano, Hiromu, Otsuka, Tsuyoshi, Miyazaki, Hiroshi, Furuya, Ryosuke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Springer Nature B.V 16.04.2023
Cureus
Subjects
Abdomen
Animal bites
Aortic aneurysms
Blood
Case reports
Consciousness
Cytokines
Emergency Medicine
Gastric cancer
Hemoglobin
Infections
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Internal Medicine
Ions
Kinases
Laboratories
Mortality
Neutropenia
Neutrophils
Proteins
Tomography
Japan
serotype e
dog bite
capnocytophaga canimorsus
post-splenectomy infection
zoonosis
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Summary:(CP) causes severe infections in immunocompromised individuals. Three serovars (A, B, and C) are known to be responsible for more than 90% of infections associated with dog bites, although these three constitute only 8% of the serovars carried by dogs. We experienced a post-splenectomy non-severe case of CP withserovar type E, which has never been isolated in Japan. The prognosis of type E CP infections may be better than that of types A, B, and C infections because of the disproportion of serovars between clinical human isolates and dog oral isolates.
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ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.37630