Emergency Medicine: Open Access

Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access

ISSN: 2165-7548

Case Report - (2018) Volume 8, Issue 2

Severe Sepsis with DIC due to Capnocytophaga Canimorsus after Dog Bite in an Immune Competent Patient leading to subsequent Lower Limb Amputationa

Leonie Grossekettler1*, Vedat Schwenger2, Bastian Schmack3, Hugo A Katus1 and Michael R Preusch1
1Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany
2Clinic for Nephrology, Hypertensiology and Autoimmune Diseases, Katharinen Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
3Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany
*Corresponding Author: Leonie Grossekettler, Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany, Tel: +49 6221 56 34162, Fax: +49 6221 56 5515 Email:

Keywords: Sepsis; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Multiple organ failure; Disseminated intravasal coagulation; Amputation

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