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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
A Rare Case of Bacteremia Due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus |
| Language |
J |
| AuthorList |
Kazumi Kikuchi1), Kazushi Ehara1), Atsuko Miyasaka1), Shinobu Koyama1), Yuji Yaguchi1), Kiyoko Tamai1), Mayumi Mitsui1), Shigeyuki Notake1), Kouichi Muramatsu1), Hideji Yanagisawa1), and Yoshiyuki Kawakami2) |
| Affiliation |
1) Miroku-Medical Laboratory Inc.
2) Division of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Shinshu University |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 15 (1), 9-14, 2005 |
| Received |
September 16, 2004 |
| Accepted |
December 10, 2004 |
| Abstract |
Capnocytophaga species are slow growing and fastidious Gram-negative rods that require carbon dioxide for growth and are well known as constituents in oral flora of cats, dogs and humans. These organisms cause wound infection, bacteremia, septicemia and so on in humans, especially in immuno-compromised patients. We encountered a case of bacteremia due to C. canimorsus of a 95-year-old female patient with multi-underlying diseases. She was bitten and scratched by her pet cat somewhere on her limbs. She passed away on the 15th day of her hospitalization. Routine biochemical identification processes were carried out using commercially available kit, together with molecular 16S rRNA-directed PCR assay with American type culture collection reference strains. The results obtained from both procedures coincided well with each other. However, we failed to investigate oral bacterial cultures of her pet cat. |
| Keywords |
Capnocytophaga canimorsus, bacteremia, cat bite and scratch, multi-underlying diseases, immuno-compromised paitent |
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