Capnocytophaga canimorsus endocarditis.
We report a case of aortic valve endocarditis, caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus (previously known as CDC Group DF-2) secondary to a dog bite. Vegetations were documented by cross-sectional echocardiography and bacteraemia by positive haemocultures for this unusual gram-negative bacillus.
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Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
Snoeck
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Pattyn
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D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002206:Capnocytophaga / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004285:Dogs; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*