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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4099-4103, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00173-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Capnocytophaga cynodegmi in a Rottweiler Dog with Severe Bronchitis and Foreign-Body Pneumonia{triangledown}

Heather C. Workman,1* Nathan L. Bailiff,2 Spencer S. Jang,3 and Joe G. Zinkl4

Department of Clinical Pathology,1 Department of Medicine and Epidemiology,2 Microbiology Laboratory,3 Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, Davis, California 956164

Received 29 January 2008/ Returned for modification 24 June 2008/ Accepted 19 August 2008

Capnocytophaga cynodegmi is a zoonotic, gram-negative, capnophilic bacterium that is usually seen in people with infections associated with dog or cat bites. The first reported case of C. cynodegmi infection in a dog is described here.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of California—Davis Cancer Center, 4501 X Street, Suite 3003, Sacramento, CA 95817. Phone: (530) 903-2422. Fax: (916) 734-0190. E-mail: hcworkman{at}ucdavis.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 August 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4099-4103, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00173-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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