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. 1984 Sep;37(9):1066–1070. doi: 10.1136/jcp.37.9.1066

Capnocytophaga ochracea infection: two cases and a review of the published work.

P M Hawkey, H Malnick, S A Glover, N Cook, J A Watts
PMCID: PMC498931  PMID: 6470184

Abstract

Bacteria of the genus Capnocytophaga are recently recognised pathogens which may cause oral disease and subsequent septicaemia in the immunocompromised host. We present two cases of infection caused by Capnocytophaga ochracea; a soft tissue infection in an immunologically normal patient and an episode of septicaemia in a child with leukaemia. The microbiology, pathogenicity, and antimicrobial susceptibility of the genus capnocytophaga are reviewed.

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