Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2006)

Diagnosing Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infections

  • J. Michael Janda,
  • Margot H. Graves,
  • David Lindquist,
  • Will S. Probert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1202.050783
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 340 – 342

Abstract

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We reviewed clinical and epidemiologic features of 56 human Capnocytophaga canimorsus isolates submitted during a 32-year period to California's Microbial Diseases Laboratory for identification. An increasing number of isolates identified as C. canimorsus have been submitted since 1990. Many laboratories still have difficulty correctly identifying this species.

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