An unusual causative pathogen of sepsis after a cat bite: Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens.

Neth J Med

Department of Internal Medicine, Tergooi Hospital, Hilversum, currently working at the Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam.

Published: March 2018

A 40-year-old woman with a history of liver cirrhosis presented with septic shock caused by an Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteraemia after a cat bite. A. succiniciproducens sepsis can develop after a cat or dog bite, especially in immunocompromised hosts, or might occur after translocation from the gut flora. It is a potentially lethal infection.

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