A 42-year-old asplenic man with gram-negative sepsis

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A 42-year-old man developed a severe form of sepsis after he let his dogs lick blisters on his feet. Sepsis is a bacterial infection that spreads throughout the bloodstream. This man had an increased risk of infection because he had had his spleen removed many years earlier after being stabbed. He also had a history of alcohol abuse. He was ultimately diagnosed with sepsis caused by a bacterium called Capnocytophaga canimorsus, which has been found in the saliva of dogs. He recovered after antibiotic treatment and dialysis.

Health aspects, Dogs

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A 64-year-old man with fever and gram-negative bacteremia

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A man with fever and a blood test that was positive for Moraxella phenylpyruvica was found to be infected with Brucella melitensis. Brucella melitensis is often mistaken for Moraxella phenylpyruvica in labs that use a rapid, automated test for gram-negative bacteria. Since Moraxella phenylpyruvica rarely infects humans, his doctors suspected brucellosis instead.

Case studies, Brucellosis

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Lessons from an epidemic, again

Article Abstract:

All healthcare centers should follow strict infection control procedures to prevent patients from becoming infected while they are being treated. An outbreak of infection at one dialysis center occurred because the staff pooled excess medications for reuse in order to save money.

Editorial, Management, Diseases, Contamination, Hemodialysis patients, Erythropoietin, Recombinant, Recombinant erythropoietin, Hemodialysis facilities, Dialysis facilities

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