| capnocytophaga cynodegmi peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient. | the first reported case of peritonitis caused by capnocytophaga cynodegmi is presented. the patient was treated with peritoneal dialysis and had contact with a cat. c. cynodegmi is part of the normal oral flora of dogs and cats but is very rarely isolated in clinical specimens from humans. | 2007 | 17881542 |
| capnocytophaga cynodegmi in a rottweiler dog with severe bronchitis and foreign-body pneumonia. | capnocytophaga cynodegmi is a zoonotic, gram-negative, capnophilic bacterium that is usually seen in people with infections associated with dog or cat bites. the first reported case of c. cynodegmi infection in a dog is described here. | 2008 | 18753348 |
| capnocytophaga cynodegmi cellulitis, bacteremia, and pneumonitis in a diabetic man. | capnocytophaga cynodegmi (formerly "df-2 like organism"), a commensal organism of the canine oral cavity, is a capnophilic, gram-negative, facultative bacillus. c. cynodegmi has rarely been encountered in human diseases. we report the first known case of cellulitis, bacteremia, and pneumonitis caused by c. cynodegmi in a diabetic man from central india following a dog bite. | 2001 | 11326042 |
| intracellular multiplication and toxic destruction of cultured macrophages by capnocytophaga canimorsus. | capnocytophaga canimorsus is a gram-negative rod that causes opportunistic infections resulting in bacteremia, septicemia, meningitis, and death in immunocompromised, splenectomized, and alcoholic individuals. infections caused by a related species, capnocytophaga cynodegmi, remain localized at the site of the wound where the organism is introduced. both organisms are part of the normal canine oral flora and are introduced through puncture wounds via dog bites. we found that both c. canimorsus a ... | 1995 | 7642281 |