A rare case of purulent meningitis caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in the Czech Republic - case report and review of the literature

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60162694:G44__/20:00555603 RIV/00179906:_____/20:10414171

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=pJHCS274PJ" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=pJHCS274PJ</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4760-2" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12879-020-4760-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A rare case of purulent meningitis caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in the Czech Republic - case report and review of the literature

Original language description

Background Invasive infections caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus are rare. Immunocompromised patients, who report being bitten by or having a close contact with an animal, represent a high-risk group for this infection. There are only few dozens of infections by this bacteria manifesting as purulent meningitis reported worldwide. The reported case is a first reported case of purulent meningitis caused by by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Czech Republic with only a limited risk factor history. Case presentation The patient, a 74 years old man, was referred to the infectious diseases department of a teaching hospital with clear signs of developing purulent meningitis. His anamnestic data did not show any unusual findings. He was treated for compensated diabetes mellitus type II. The blood cultures were negative and the etiological agent did not grow from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) on common media. Eventually, it was identified by detecting pan-bacterial DNA and DNA sequencing. Subsequently, the pathogen was confirmed by anaerobic cultivation from CSF. Only after then the patient recalled being bitten by his German shepherd puppy during play. The patient was successfully treated intravenously by ceftriaxone. Conclusions Purulent meningitis caused by Capnocytophaga spp. is a rare disease, but it needs to be considered in patients at risk with pre-existing conditions, who report close contact with or being bitten by an animal. It is important to test for this microbe in cases with negative microbiological results for the more common agents.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30303 - Infectious Diseases

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN

1471-2334

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

100

UT code for WoS article

000513686700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85078916789