Fulminant gram-negative bacillemia (DF-2) following a dog bite in an asplenic woman. Am J Med 1980 Jan;68(1):154-6
Date
01/01/1980Pubmed ID
7188658DOI
10.1016/0002-9343(80)90188-6Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0018923187 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 53 CitationsAbstract
In a 56 year old woman, shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, symmetrical peripheral gangrene and the adult respiratory distress syndrome developed following a dog bite. She suffered from chronic alcoholism and was asplenic. The newly described gram-negative bacillus (DF-2) was isolated from the initial blood cultures on the eighth hospital day when she was recovering from the illness. Penicillin G, clindamycin, or both (administered intravenously in large doses), and therapy directed toward the severe complications appeared responsible for her successful outcome.
Author List
Findling JW, Pohlmann GP, Rose HDAuthor
James W. Findling MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AlcoholismAnimals
Bacteria
Bites and Stings
Clindamycin
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Dogs
Female
Gangrene
Humans
Middle Aged
Penicillin G
Sepsis
Shock, Septic
Spleen
