An Immunocompetent Case of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection Complicated by Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Naoki Tani; Keiji Nakamura; Kosuke Sumida; Michio Suzuki; Koichi Imaoka; Nobuyuki Shimono

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.3110-19

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An Immunocompetent Case of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection Complicated by Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Naoki Tani, Keiji Nakamura, Kosuke Sumida, Michio Suzuki, Koichi Imaoka, Nobuyuki Shimono

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Keywords: Capnocytophaga canimorsus, sepsis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, emerging infection, thrombotic microangiopathy

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS Advance online publication

Article ID: 3110-19

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.3110-19

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 58 (2019), No. 23 pp. 3479-3482

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Abstract

A 62-year-old woman with no previous history developed a Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection followed by thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). She was treated with antibiotics and plasma exchange (PE) and recovered. C. canimorsus sepsis sometimes causes not only DIC but also TMA. The mortality of TMA is extremely high, so we should not hesitate to perform PE when a patient shows TMA symptoms.

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