A Case of Uncomplicated Bacteremia Caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in an Immunocompetent Patient

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 8; p. e44293
• Main Authors: Taniyama, Daisuke, Imoto, Kazuya, Suzuki, Michio, Imaoka, Koichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palo Alto Springer Nature B.V 28.08.2023; Cureus
• Subjects: Animal bites; Antibiotics; Bacterial infections; Case reports; Diabetes; Disease; Dogs; Emergency medical care; Family/General Practice; Fever; Hemodynamics; Immunocompetence; Infections; Infectious Disease; Internal Medicine; Mortality; Pain; Patients; Polymerase chain reaction; Rabies; Sepsis; Japan

This report describes uncomplicated bacteremia caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in an immunocompetent woman who presented with rigor and fever. She was hemodynamically stable. Two blood samples were immediately cultured because rigor indicated bacteremia. Although her symptoms were relieved, Gram...