An Immunocompetent Case of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection Complicated by Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 58; no. 23; pp. 3479 - 3482
• Main Authors: Suzuki, Michio, Imaoka, Koichi, Shimono, Nobuyuki, Tani, Naoki, Nakamura, Keiji, Sumida, Kosuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 01.12.2019; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Bites and Stings; Capnocytophaga; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Case Report; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation - drug therapy; Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation - microbiology; emerging infection; Female; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - complications; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Humans; Immunocompetence; Internal medicine; Middle Aged; Plasma Exchange - adverse effects; Sepsis; Sepsis - diagnosis; Thrombotic Microangiopathies - microbiology; Thrombotic microangiopathy; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; thrombotic microangiopathy; disseminated intravascular coagulation; emerging infection; sepsis

A 62-year-old woman with no previous history developed a Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection followed by thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). She was treated with antibiotics and plasma exchange (PE) and recovered. C. canimorsus sepsis sometimes causes n...