A rare case of purulent meningitis caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in the Czech Republic – case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Invasive infections caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus are rare. Immunocompromised patients, who report being bitten by or having a close contact with an animal, represent a high-risk group for this infection. There are only few dozens of infections by this bacteria manifesting as purul...

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Autores principales: Prasil, Petr, Ryskova, Lenka, Plisek, Stanislav, Bostik, Pavel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6998360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32013874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4760-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6998360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32013874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4760-2

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