title: Three cases of Capnocytophaga canimorsus meningitis seen at a regional hospital in one year.
abstract: Three cases of meningitis caused by the fastidious Gram-negative rod Capnocytophaga canimorsus have been observed at a regional hospital in 1 y. The difficulties connected with the correct diagnosis by classical culturing methods in contrast to molecular methods, as well as possible reasons for the accumulation of cases, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rikke Nygaard
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Monrad
authors.forename: Dennis Schrøder
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002206:Capnocytophaga / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*