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Pets, Not Always Your Best Friends: A Case Report

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DIEU, Jean-Hubert [UCL] Pinto Pereira, Joao Antonio [UCL] Horlait, Geoffrey [UCL]

Capnocytophaga is a rare cause of severe septic shock which is often deadly. We report a case of a young patient with no evidence of dog bite and we recall the two main risk factors known to date.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2019
Language Anglais
Journal information "Annals of Case Reports" - Vol. 01 (2019) (2019)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 2574-7754
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IREC/MONT - Pôle Mont Godinne
UCL - (MGD) Services des soins intensifs
UCL - (MGD) Service de médecine interne générale
Keywords Capnocytophagacanimorsus; Dog Bite; Purpurafulminans; Septic Shock; Splenectomy
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Bibliographic reference DIEU, Jean-Hubert ; Pinto Pereira, Joao Antonio ; Horlait, Geoffrey. Pets, Not Always Your Best Friends: A Case Report. In: Annals of Case Reports, Vol. 01 (2019) (2019)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/239239