| Literature DB >> 31859646 |
Florent Gosset1, Benoît Sarret1, Sébastien Mortreux2, Olivier Moquet1.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Capnocytophaga canimorsus; asplenia; dog bite; septic shock; thin blood smear
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31859646 DOI： 10.1684/abc.2019.1508
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Biol Clin (Paris) ISSN： 0003-3898 Impact factor: 0.459