Open AccessSepsis by Capnocytophaga
Author(s) -
Lara Ines Bellazzi,
Liudmyla Diachyshyna,
Marcella Mercuri,
Cristina Terulla,
Panajota Troupioti,
Filippo Costanzo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
microbiologia medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2280-6423
pISSN - 1120-0146
DOI - 10.4081/mm.2017.7105
Subject(s) - capnocytophaga , sepsis , immunosuppression , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , multiorgan failure , immunology , bacteria , biology , genetics
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.