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ArticleRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo2022

Meningitis caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in a COVID-19 patient: a rare complication of dog bites.

Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Ângela Maria Veras Stolp, Silviane Praciano Bandeira, Rafael Ferreira Mesquita, Pedro Pinheiro de Negreiros Bessa, Pablo Eliack Linhares de Holanda, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, Christianne Fernandes Valente Takeda, Lauro Vieira Perdigão Neto

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Article in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A case report ofJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha FariasSecretaria de Saúde do Estado do Ceará, Programa de Residência Médica em Infectologia, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-9903
Ângela Maria Veras StolpLaboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado do Ceará, Setor de Microbiologia, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5597-9832
Silviane Praciano BandeiraUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Centro Especializado de Micologia Médica, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4051-5645
Rafael Ferreira MesquitaHospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Pedro Pinheiro de Negreiros BessaHospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-5654
Pablo Eliack Linhares de HolandaHospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4383-2187
Silvia Figueiredo CostaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-752X
Christianne Fernandes Valente TakedaSecretaria de Saúde do Estado do Ceará, Programa de Residência Médica em Infectologia, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7089
Lauro Vieira Perdigão NetoHospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7681-8090
Secretaria da Saúde · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Estadual do Ceará · BRUniversidade Federal do Ceará · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a gram-negative rod that is part of the commensal microbiota of dogs' and cats' mouths. In this case, we report an 85-year-old man with COVID-19 who had his right arm bitten by a dog. His symptoms were impaired consciousness, agitation and aggressive behavior. Physical examination revealed neck stiffness and Brudzinski's sign. The cerebrospinal fluid culture was compatible with Capnocytophaga canimorsus. He required intensive care and received a 14-day prescription of meropenem. After 40 days of hospitalization, the patient was fully recovered and was discharged. This case highlights the importance of physician and microbiologist be awareness of this disease, mainly in patients with neurological symptoms after a dog or cat bite.

Indexed as

Bites and StingsCOVID-19Gram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsMeningitisAnimalsCapnocytophagaDogsHumansMale

Identifiers

PMID35544911
PMCPMC9084465
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