An Immunocompetent Case of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection Complicated by Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

A 62-year-old woman with no previous history developed a Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection followed by thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). She was treated with antibiotics and plasma exchange (PE) and recovered. C. canimorsus sepsis sometimes causes n...

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Autores principales: Tani, Naoki, Nakamura, Keiji, Sumida, Kosuke, Suzuki, Michio, Imaoka, Koichi, Shimono, Nobuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6928499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31327837
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.3110-19

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