ArticleInfection2015
A rare case of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in an immunocompetent patient.
Article in Infection, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dog bite-associated pathogens: advances in pathogenic mechanisms and systemic clinical consequences in humans.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Fatal waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome at autopsy: a systematic review and forensic diagnostic framework.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Review
- Capnocytophaga canimorsus: meningitis and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in an immunocompetent patient.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- Fatal septic shock and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome caused by serovar B Capnocytophaga canimorsus in an immunocompetent patient. Case report and review.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023Article
- The Great pretender: the first case of septic shock due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus in Sardinia. A Case report and review of the literature.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- Lethal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in an asplenic patient.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- A case of septic arthritis caused byAccess microbiology · 2022Article
- [Sepsis caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in an immunocompetent patient].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2022Article
- Article
- Purpura Fulminans and Septic Shock due to Capnocytophaga Canimorsus after Dog Bite: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in critical care · 2018Article
- Article
- Urticarial exanthem associated with Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia after a dog bite.JAAD case reports · 2016Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
A 53-year-old Caucasian male with hypertension and active tobacco abuse presented to a community hospital with a 2-day history of vague abdominal pain, myalgia and increased lethargy after being bitten on his right hand by the family dog while camping just 3 days prior to symptom onset. He expired within 90 min upon arrival to our intensive care unit. Pre-mortem blood cultures grew a fastidious Gram-negative aerobic rod that was identified as Capnocytophaga canimorsus. Autopsy findings showed multi-organ disseminated intravascular coagulopathy with microthrombi along with bilateral adrenal hemorrhage and necrosis of the adrenal glands consistent with Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome. This case contributes to the medical literature as a rare presentation of Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection in an otherwise immunocompetent patient and stresses the importance of a thorough history taking and physical examination by clinicians along with prompt administration of appropriate antibiotics.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.