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Dysgonic Fermenter Type 2 Septicemia With Purpura Fulminans: Dermatologic Features of a Zoonosis Acquired From Household Pets

Dysgonic Fermenter Type 2 Septicemia With Purpura Fulminans: Dermatologic Features of a Zoonosis... Abstract † Dysgonic fermenter type 2, a gram-negative bacillus that is part of the normal oral flora of dogs and cats, is responsible for increasing numbers of cases of fulminant septicemia in humans. Patients usually have preexisting medical illnesses, but infection also occurs in otherwise healthy individuals. Most infections are acquired through animal contact. Dermatologic eruptions occur in half of the patients with dysgonic fermenter type 2 infection, and include petechiae, purpura, cellulitis, and gangrene. (Arch Dermatol. 1989;125:1380-1382) References 1. Bailie WE, Stowe EC, Schmitt M. Aerobic bacterial flora of oral and nasal fluids of canines with reference to bacteria associated with bites . J Clin Microbiol. 1978;7:223-231. 2. Westwell AJ, Spencer MB, Kerr KG. DF-2 bacteremia following cat bites . Am J Med. 1987;83:1170.Crossref 3. Butler T, Weaver RE, Ramani TKV, et al. Unidentified gramnegative rod infection . Ann Intern Med. 1977;86:1-5.Crossref 4. Ofori-Adjei D, Blackledge P, O'Neill P. Meningitis caused by dysgonic fermenter type 2 (DF 2) organism in a previously healthy adult . Br Med J. 1982;285:263-264.Crossref 5. Pers C, Kristiansen JE, Scheibel JH, Eskildsen PC, Jensen F, Jensen E. Fatal septicemia caused by DF-2 in a previously healthy man . Scand J Infect Dis. 1986;18:265-267.Crossref 6. Zumla A, Lipscomb G, Corbett M, McCarthy M. Dysgonic fermenter-type 2: an emerging zoonosis: report of two cases and review . Q J Med. 1988;68:741-752. 7. Martone WJ, Zuehl RW, Minson GE, Scheid WM. Postsplenectomy sepsis with DF-2: report of a case with isolation of the organism from the patient's dog . Ann Intern Med. 1980;93:457-458.Crossref 8. Carpenter PD, Heppner BT, Gnann JW. DF-2 bacteraemia following cat bites . Am J Med. 1987;82:621-623.Crossref 9. Kiel RJ, Crane LR, Aguilar J, Palutke WA, Cowden JW. Corneal perforation caused by dysgonic fermenter-2 . JAMA. 1987; 257:23, 3269-3270.Crossref 10. Glasser DB. Angular blepharitis caused by gram-negative bacillus DF-2 . Am J Ophthalmol. 1986;102:119-120. 11. Schoen RT, Wohlgelernter D, Barden GE, Swartz TJ. Infection with CDC group DF-2 gram-negative rod: report of two cases . Arch Intern Med. 1980;140:657-658.Crossref 12. Hinrichs JH, Dunkelberg WE. DF-2 septicemia after splenectomy: epidemiology and immunologic response . South Med J. 1980;73:1638-1640.Crossref 13. Hicklin H, Verghese A, Alvarez S. Dysgonic fermenter 2 septicemia . Rev Infect Dis. 1987;9:884-890.Crossref 14. Chaudhuri AK, Hartley RB, Maddocks AC. Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome caused by a DF-2 bacterium in a splenectomised patient . J Clin Pathol. 1981;34:172-173.Crossref 15. Kalb R, Kaplan MH, Tenenbaum MJ, Joachim GR, Samuels S. Cutaneous infection at dog bite wounds associated with fulminant DF-2 septicemia . Am J Med. 1985;78:687-690.Crossref 16. Brenner DJ, Hollis DG, Fanning GR, Weaver RE. Capnocytophaga canimorsus sp nov (formerly CDC group DF-2), a cause of septicemia following dog bite, and C cynodegmi sp nov, a cause of localized wound infection following dog bite , J Clin Microbiol. 1989;27:231-235. 17. Shankar PS, Scott JH, Anderson CL. Atypical endocarditis due to gram-negative bacillus transmitted by dog bite . South Med J. 1980;73:1640-1641.Crossref 18. Howard AJ, Hughes M, Parry H, Roberts JG. Dog bites and dysgonic fermenting organisms . Lancet. 1983;2:1022-1023.Crossref 19. Tison DL, Latimer JM. Lysis-centrifugation-direct plating technique for isolation of group DF-2 from the blood of a dog bite victim . J Infect Dis. 1986;153:1001-1002.Crossref 20. Westerink MAJ, Amsterdam D, Petell RJ, Stram MN, Apicella MA. Septicemia due to DF-2: cause of a false-positive cryptococcal latex agglutination result . Am J Med. 1987;83:155-158.Crossref 21. Barza MJ, Schooley RT, Scully RE, Mark EJ, McNeely BU. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: an asplenic woman with evidence of sepsis and diffuse intravascular coagulation after a dog bite . N Engl J Med. 1986;315:241-249. Case 29-1986.Crossref 22. Findling JW, Pohlmann GP, Rose HD. Fulminant gramnegative bacillemia (DF-2) following a dog bite in an asplenic woman . Am J Med. 1980;68:154-156.Crossref 23. Chan PCY, Fonseca K. Septicaemia and meningitis caused by dysgonic fermenter-2 (DF-2) . J Clin Pathol. 1986;39:1021-1024.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Dermatology American Medical Association

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Abstract † Dysgonic fermenter type 2, a gram-negative bacillus that is part of the normal oral flora of dogs and cats, is responsible for increasing numbers of cases of fulminant septicemia in humans. Patients usually have preexisting medical illnesses, but infection also occurs in otherwise healthy individuals. Most infections are acquired through animal contact. Dermatologic eruptions occur in half of the patients with dysgonic fermenter type 2 infection, and include petechiae, purpura, cellulitis, and gangrene. (Arch Dermatol. 1989;125:1380-1382) References 1. Bailie WE, Stowe EC, Schmitt M. Aerobic bacterial flora of oral and nasal fluids of canines with reference to bacteria associated with bites . J Clin Microbiol. 1978;7:223-231. 2. Westwell AJ, Spencer MB, Kerr KG. DF-2 bacteremia following cat bites . Am J Med. 1987;83:1170.Crossref 3. Butler T, Weaver RE, Ramani TKV, et al. Unidentified gramnegative rod infection . Ann Intern Med. 1977;86:1-5.Crossref 4. Ofori-Adjei D, Blackledge P, O'Neill P. Meningitis caused by dysgonic fermenter type 2 (DF 2) organism in a previously healthy adult . Br Med J. 1982;285:263-264.Crossref 5. Pers C, Kristiansen JE, Scheibel JH, Eskildsen PC, Jensen F, Jensen E. Fatal septicemia caused by DF-2 in a previously healthy man . Scand J Infect Dis. 1986;18:265-267.Crossref 6. Zumla A, Lipscomb G, Corbett M, McCarthy M. Dysgonic fermenter-type 2: an emerging zoonosis: report of two cases and review . Q J Med. 1988;68:741-752. 7. Martone WJ, Zuehl RW, Minson GE, Scheid WM. Postsplenectomy sepsis with DF-2: report of a case with isolation of the organism from the patient's dog . Ann Intern Med. 1980;93:457-458.Crossref 8. Carpenter PD, Heppner BT, Gnann JW. DF-2 bacteraemia following cat bites . Am J Med. 1987;82:621-623.Crossref 9. Kiel RJ, Crane LR, Aguilar J, Palutke WA, Cowden JW. Corneal perforation caused by dysgonic fermenter-2 . JAMA. 1987; 257:23, 3269-3270.Crossref 10. Glasser DB. Angular blepharitis caused by gram-negative bacillus DF-2 . Am J Ophthalmol. 1986;102:119-120. 11. Schoen RT, Wohlgelernter D, Barden GE, Swartz TJ. Infection with CDC group DF-2 gram-negative rod: report of two cases . Arch Intern Med. 1980;140:657-658.Crossref 12. Hinrichs JH, Dunkelberg WE. DF-2 septicemia after splenectomy: epidemiology and immunologic response . South Med J. 1980;73:1638-1640.Crossref 13. Hicklin H, Verghese A, Alvarez S. Dysgonic fermenter 2 septicemia . Rev Infect Dis. 1987;9:884-890.Crossref 14. Chaudhuri AK, Hartley RB, Maddocks AC. Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome caused by a DF-2 bacterium in a splenectomised patient . J Clin Pathol. 1981;34:172-173.Crossref 15. Kalb R, Kaplan MH, Tenenbaum MJ, Joachim GR, Samuels S. Cutaneous infection at dog bite wounds associated with fulminant DF-2 septicemia . Am J Med. 1985;78:687-690.Crossref 16. Brenner DJ, Hollis DG, Fanning GR, Weaver RE. Capnocytophaga canimorsus sp nov (formerly CDC group DF-2), a cause of septicemia following dog bite, and C cynodegmi sp nov, a cause of localized wound infection following dog bite , J Clin Microbiol. 1989;27:231-235. 17. Shankar PS, Scott JH, Anderson CL. Atypical endocarditis due to gram-negative bacillus transmitted by dog bite . South Med J. 1980;73:1640-1641.Crossref 18. Howard AJ, Hughes M, Parry H, Roberts JG. Dog bites and dysgonic fermenting organisms . Lancet. 1983;2:1022-1023.Crossref 19. Tison DL, Latimer JM. Lysis-centrifugation-direct plating technique for isolation of group DF-2 from the blood of a dog bite victim . J Infect Dis. 1986;153:1001-1002.Crossref 20. Westerink MAJ, Amsterdam D, Petell RJ, Stram MN, Apicella MA. Septicemia due to DF-2: cause of a false-positive cryptococcal latex agglutination result . Am J Med. 1987;83:155-158.Crossref 21. Barza MJ, Schooley RT, Scully RE, Mark EJ, McNeely BU. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: an asplenic woman with evidence of sepsis and diffuse intravascular coagulation after a dog bite . N Engl J Med. 1986;315:241-249. Case 29-1986.Crossref 22. Findling JW, Pohlmann GP, Rose HD. Fulminant gramnegative bacillemia (DF-2) following a dog bite in an asplenic woman . Am J Med. 1980;68:154-156.Crossref 23. Chan PCY, Fonseca K. Septicaemia and meningitis caused by dysgonic fermenter-2 (DF-2) . J Clin Pathol. 1986;39:1021-1024.Crossref

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Archives of Dermatology – American Medical Association

Published: Oct 1, 1989

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