TY - JOUR
T1 - Capnocytophaga canimorsus infections in The Netherlands: A nationwide survey
AU - van Dam, A. P.
AU - Jansz, A.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A retrospective nationwide survey on the occurrence of Capnocytophaga canimorsus and Capnocytopaga cynodegmi infections in The Netherlands over 3 years showed 32 cases, of which 31 were caused by C. canimorsus and one by an unspecified oxidase-positive Capnocytophaga strain. Twenty-eight patients had been diagnosed by blood culture, one by culture from both blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), one by culture from a conjunctival swab, and two patients by 16S rRNA gene amplification by PCR directly from a blood or CSF specimen. The incidence rate was 0.67 infections per million population. Bacteraemia was found in 94% of the cases. The age range of patients was 38-80 years; 72% of them were male. Among 26 patients from whom clinical data were available, splenectomy was not reported, but alcoholism was reported in five. Nine patients (35%) had been admitted to the intensive-care unit, and three patients (13%) died. The mortality rate was much lower than observed in previous studies. © 2010 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2010 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
AB - A retrospective nationwide survey on the occurrence of Capnocytophaga canimorsus and Capnocytopaga cynodegmi infections in The Netherlands over 3 years showed 32 cases, of which 31 were caused by C. canimorsus and one by an unspecified oxidase-positive Capnocytophaga strain. Twenty-eight patients had been diagnosed by blood culture, one by culture from both blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), one by culture from a conjunctival swab, and two patients by 16S rRNA gene amplification by PCR directly from a blood or CSF specimen. The incidence rate was 0.67 infections per million population. Bacteraemia was found in 94% of the cases. The age range of patients was 38-80 years; 72% of them were male. Among 26 patients from whom clinical data were available, splenectomy was not reported, but alcoholism was reported in five. Nine patients (35%) had been admitted to the intensive-care unit, and three patients (13%) died. The mortality rate was much lower than observed in previous studies. © 2010 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2010 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20167010
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03195.x
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03195.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20167010
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 17
SP - 312
EP - 315
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
IS - 2
ER -