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. 2006 Feb;12(2):340-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1202.050783.

Diagnosing Capnocytophaga canimorsus infections

J Michael Janda  1 , Margot H Graves, David Lindquist, Will S Probert
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Diagnosing Capnocytophaga canimorsus infections

J Michael Janda et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

We reviewed clinical and epidemiologic features of 56 human Capnocytophaga canimorsus isolates submitted during a 32-year period to California's Microbial Diseases Laboratory for identification. An increasing number of isolates identified as C. canimorsus have been submitted since 1990. Many laboratories still have difficulty correctly identifying this species.

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Capnocytophaga canimorsus cases (1972–2004); numbers above bars indicate total human cases during the indicated period.
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