File photo: Many dogs carry the Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteria in their mouths. File photo: Many dogs carry the Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteria in their mouths. Getty Images When Sharon ...

A battery of tests finally determined the culprit: a bacterium commonly found in the mouths of dogs and cats, called Capnocytophaga canimorsus. Doctors sometimes see Capnocytophaga canimorsus ...

Tracy Ridout, a 53-year-old mother-of-two from Baldivis, was diagnosed with Capnocytophaga canimorsus after a friend’s young German Shepherd “accidentally bit her finger instead of a toy”.

Our pets are no exception. Capnocytophaga is a type of bacteria found in dogs’ and other animals’ mouths that can cause serious infection, especially for immunocompromised people ...

Here’s how it works. However, most Capnocytophaga infections in humans are caused by C. canimorsus, a species that lives in the mouths of dogs and cats.

Capnocytophaga Canimorsus is a bacteria that lives in a dog's saliva. It has the power to cause fatal infections including sepsis, which can ultimately lead to organ failure and even death.

The fatal infection was caused by capnocytophaga canimorsus, a bacterium commonly found in the saliva of dogs and cats, but rarely transmitted to humans, according to a report published in the ...

Trainer contracted a rare infection from the bacteria capnocytophaga canimorsus, probably when her German shepherd puppy, Taylor, licked an open cut. Dr. Margaret Kobe, the medical director of ...

He survived what doctors told him was a rare case of infection from Capnocytophaga canimorsus-- bacteria that are common in dogs, but can be fatal to humans. The infection turned into sepsis that ...

Promise. In late June, after a Wisconsin man fell terribly ill from a capnocytophaga canimorsus bacterial infection spread by a healthy dog's via bite, lick or scratch, doctors removed both of his ...

The 63-year-old contracted Capnocytophaga canimorsus, a bacterium that's often found in the mouths of dogs and cats but is rarely transmitted humans, according to a case study published in ...