Capnocytophaga canimorsus Capsular Serovar and Disease Severity, Helsinki Hospital District, Finland, 2000–2017

Capnocytophaga canimorsus Capsular Serovar and Disease Severity, Helsinki Hospital District, Finland, 2000–2017

We assembled a collection of 73 Capnocytophaga canimorsus isolates obtained from blood cultures taken from patients treated at Helsinki University Hospital (Helsinki, Finland) during 2000–2017. We serotyped these isolates by PCR and Western blot and attempted to correlate pathogen serovar with patie...

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Main Authors: Estelle Hess, Francesco Renzi, Panu Karhunen, Mélanie Dol, Adrien Lefèvre, Jenni Antikainen, Elodie Carlier, Johanna Hästbacka, Guy R. Cornelis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
dog commensal
human infection
sepsis
septic shock
typing
virulence
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/12/17-2060_article

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