A Feline Encounter: A Rare but Serious Cause of Septicaemia

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Authors

Ihsan JIBRIL¹ , Chris O DUROJAIYE¹

Conference / event: Federation Of Infection Societies (FIS) Conference 2022, September 2022 (London, United Kingdom)

Poster summary: A case of fulminant sepsis caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus after a cat scratch

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Data availability statement: The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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