Historical Bibliography Updated: February 17, 2020

DF-2 bacteremia following cat bites. Report of two cases.

Publication Details

Am. J. Med., 82, 621-3. 1987 CE.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Carpenter, Heppner, Gnann. Report of two cases of infection from cat bites by the bacterium then identified by the CDC as DF-2 (later called Capnocytophaga canimorsus) in non-immunosuppressed patients .

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

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Microbiology & Virology
Women & Gender

Thematic Classifications

INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Animal Bite Wound Infections WOMEN, Publications by › Years 1900 - 1999

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