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- who: Report and colleagues from the Immunocompromised patients who have been bitten by a dog are at greater risk of Capnocytophaga (C) canimorsus infection [1]. The clinical course is usually severe, and in post-splenectomy patients, C. canimorsus often causes overwhelming post-splenectomy infection [1]. Mortality rates of up to, % have been reported [2]. Although at least , capsular serovars from A to K of C. canimorsus have been identified, only three (serovars A, B, and C) are known to be responsible for more than, % of human infections associated with dog bites, although these three constitute only, % percent . . .
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