Citation

Le Moal G, Landron C, Grollier G, Robert R, Burucoa C. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2003; 36(3): e42-6.

Affiliation

Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers, France. g.lemoal@chu-poitiers.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/345477

PMID

12539089

Abstract

We describe a case of meningitis due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus and review 18 cases with attention to risk factors, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. In most of the reported cases, contact with dogs and predisposing factors were found. Clinical manifestations and the findings of examinations of cerebrospinal fluid specimens were similar to those of classic bacterial meningitis; however, the mortality rate for C. canimorsus meningitis very low when compared with the rate for C. canimorsus septicemia (5% vs. 30%).

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