Three cases of Capnocytophaga canimorsus meningitis seen at a regional hospital in one year.

Authors :: Monrad RN
Hansen DS
Source :: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases [Scand J Infect Dis] 2012 Apr; Vol. 44 (4), pp. 320-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jan 31.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Three cases of meningitis caused by the fastidious Gram-negative rod Capnocytophaga canimorsus have been observed at a regional hospital in 1 y. The difficulties connected with the correct diagnosis by classical culturing methods in contrast to molecular methods, as well as possible reasons for the accumulation of cases, are discussed.

Subjects :: Aged
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections cerebrospinal fluid
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections diagnosis
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial cerebrospinal fluid
Meningitis, Bacterial diagnosis
Capnocytophaga isolation & purification
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections microbiology
Meningitis, Bacterial microbiology

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