A man who became severely infected by being licked by a pet dog died of multiple organ failure
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A man licked by a pet dog developed an infection and died of multiple organ failure. There have been a number of reports of infections caused by pet bites and licking wounds, but this man was not bitten and was not particularly wounded. .
Being Licked by a Dog Can Be Fatal: Capnocytophaga canimorsus Sepsis with Purpura Fulminans in an Immunocompetent Man | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
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Man dies after being licked by his dog and contracting rare infection-CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/25/health/dog-lick-death-germany-scli-intl-grm/index.html
A 63-year-old man living in Germany was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms such as fever, progressive dyspnea, and muscle pain. The man is healthy, has not had a large hospitalization in the past, and has never been abroad. After a doctor's examination, the man was found to be infected by the bacterium Capnocytophaga canimolsus .
Capnocytoferga canimolsus is a bacterium that is found in the mouth of healthy dogs and cats and can cause infections if bitten by dogs and cats. The man has a dog, but he has not been bitten or licked his wound, and this time, he appears to have been infected just by being licked normally.
Symptoms include fever, malaise, abdominal pain, nausea, headache, etc.In severe cases, it causes sepsis and meningitis, and the blood coagulation reaction that occurs only at the injured place is disordered in the blood vessels throughout the body . It is a terrible disease that can lead to coagulation syndrome and multiple organ failure.
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In general, it is said that the spleen is removed, alcoholic, and immunocompromised are those who are susceptible to and severely affected by Capnocytophaga canimolsus infection. It was.
Nevertheless, male symptoms rapidly deteriorated 30 hours after hospitalization. Purpura due to severe sepsis spreads to the face and hands, and kidney failure and liver failure progressed, and symptoms such as necrosis of the fingertips also appeared. Doctors gave intensive treatments such as antibiotics and hemodialysis, and after successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest, the man eventually died of multiple organ failure 16 days after hospitalization.
According to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , capnocytophaga canimolsus infections are very rare and have only been confirmed in less than 4 out of 1 million people per year. . However, there were reports of 2014 cases in which a woman licked by a pet dog died, and a case in May 2019 in which a woman who was licked the wound had to cut both hands and feet, and the researchers reported “Pet owners should seek medical attention immediately if they become flu-like symptoms.”
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