Capnocytophaga aortitis: A dog’s gift to its owner
Michael Miller,
Jessie Li,
Suha Abu Khalaf,
Taylor B. Nelson
Affiliations
Michael Miller
Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America; Correspondence to: Department of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, United States of America.
Jessie Li
Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America
Suha Abu Khalaf
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America
Taylor B. Nelson
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America
We present a case of Capnocytophaga aortitis in an 82-year-old male with fever, weakness, confusion, and back pain. Diagnosis was established following a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and subsequent blood culture growth of Capnocytophaga species. He was treated with endovascular aortic repair in addition to a six-week course of ceftriaxone followed by long-term antibiotic suppression with amoxicillin-clavulanate. Capnocytophaga aortitis is exceedingly rare and poorly described in current literature.
