Sepsis by Capnocytophaga


Submitted: 27 September 2017
Accepted: 19 December 2017
Published: 30 December 2017
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Capnocytophaga species is a commensal gram-negative rod capnophilic facultative anaerobic bacterium that colonizes the oral cavity of humans and animals. This bacterium can cause severe illness in patients with alcohol addiction, chronic lung diseases, liver diseases and immunosuppression. Herein, we report a rare case of sepsis caused by C. sputigena in a 83-year-old woman.

Liudmyla Diachyshyna, Scuola di Specializzazione in Microbiologia e Virologia, Università degli Studi di Milano


Marcella Mercuri, Scuola di Specializzazione in Microbiologia e Virologia, Università degli Studi di Milano

Filippo Costanzo, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Ospedale di Voghera, ASST Pavia


Bellazzi, L. I., Diachyshyna, L., Mercuri, M., Terulla, C., Troupioti, P., & Costanzo, F. (2017). Sepsis by Capnocytophaga. Microbiologia Medica, 32(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7105

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