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Capnocytophaga sepsis causing purpura fulminans in a 50-year-old man with chronic opioid use
We present a case of polymicrobial sepsis with Capnocytophaga spp. complicated by purpura fulminans following a dog-bite in a 50-year-old-man with an extensive history of opioid use disorder. Generally, severe Capnocytophaga cases are thought to occur in patients with underlying immune deficiencies....
Autores principales: | Hogge, Christopher, Holzman, Miriam, Khurana, Sahiba, Brankovic, Milos, Chang, Chrystal, Fernandez, Gabriel, Finkel, Diana |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9157452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35663605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01505 |
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