title: Meningitis due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus after receipt of a dog bite: case report and review of the literature.
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%).
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers, France. g.lemoal@chu-poitiers.fr
authors.forename: Gwenaël
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Moal
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Landron
authors.forename: Ghislaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grollier
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burucoa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D002206:Capnocytophaga / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*