Abstract
A blood smear examination led to the diagnosis of severe bacterial infection in a splenectomized patient. The knowledge of a relevant clinical information (recent dog bite) could have led to immediate presumptive identification of the causative agent, Capnocytophaga canimorsus.
Keywords:
Capnocytophaga canimorsus; asplenia; dog bite; septic shock; thin blood smear.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bacteremia / diagnosis
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Bacteremia / etiology
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Bacteremia / microbiology
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Bites and Stings / complications*
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Bites and Stings / diagnosis
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Bites and Stings / microbiology
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Capnocytophaga / isolation & purification*
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Cytodiagnosis
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Diagnostic Tests, Routine
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Dogs*
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / blood
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
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Hematologic Tests
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Shock, Septic / blood
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Shock, Septic / diagnosis*
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Shock, Septic / etiology
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Shock, Septic / microbiology
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Splenectomy