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- Title
Capnocytophagia canimorsus sepsis in an asplenic heart transplant candidate with a left ventricular assist system.
- Authors
Ensor, Christopher R; Russell, Stuart D; Wittstein, Ilan S; Conte, John V
- Abstract
Fulminant septic shock associated with Capnocytophagia canimorsus bacteremia developed in a 54-year-old asplenic man, a heart transplantation candidate who was supported with a HeartMate II left ventricular assist system, after he experienced a dog bite. He improved after administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics, which were narrowed to ampicillin/sulbactam for a prolonged 6-week course, and subsequently recovered fully.
- Publication
Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), 2011, Vol 21, Issue 2, p121
- ISSN
1526-9248
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/152692481102100206