Acute generalized livedo racemosa caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus identified by MALDI-TOF MS

Adamantia Sotiriou; Stefania Sventzouri; Martha Nepka; Eleni E Magira

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.008

Acute generalized livedo racemosa caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus identified by MALDI-TOF MS

Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr:33:196-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.008. Epub 2015 Feb 9.

Authors

Adamantia Sotiriou¹, Stefania Sventzouri², Martha Nepka³, Eleni E Magira⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of First Critical Care, Evangelismos Hospital, School of Medicine, National University of Athens, 50 Marathonos, Vrilisia Athens 15235, Greece.
² Department of 3(rd) Internal Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of Microbiology, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Department of First Critical Care, Evangelismos Hospital, School of Medicine, National University of Athens, 50 Marathonos, Vrilisia Athens 15235, Greece. Electronic address: elmagira@yahoo.com.

PMID: 25677725
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.008

Abstract

Independent of the size of the dog and the type of injury, serious infections may follow a dog bite and these may result in the abrupt onset of multiorgan failure. Early recognition of the warning signs with regard to the underlying severity of the infection is of the utmost importance. Reticulate skin eruptions constitute a precursory phenomenon.

Keywords: Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Livedo racemosa; Septic shock.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Bites and Stings / complications*
Capnocytophaga / isolation & purification*
Dogs*
Exanthema / diagnosis
Exanthema / microbiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Organ Failure / microbiology
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization