According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Capnocytophaga is a bacteria that is a rare 'but ...

Capnocytophaga canimorsus is one bacteria that's known to be carried by animals and fatal in humans. While normally transmitted by dog bites, it can be spread by a lick on an open wound.

The test returned positive for capnocytophaga canimorsus, which he said is commonly present in the mouths of dogs and cats but “extremely rarely implicated” in sepsis cases. “This is an ...