Canine-to-Human Transmission of Mycoplasma canis in the Central Nervous System
| Autor: | Demiana Sidrak, Margie Morgan, Pooja Nawathe, Jack Green, Priya R. Soni |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Central Nervous System
Mycoplasma canis Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Central nervous system Case Report dog bite medicine.disease_cause Dogs Mycoplasma central nervous system infection Pandemic Medicine Animals Humans Child business.industry Transmission (medicine) SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 General Medicine medicine.disease Dog bite Clinical equipoise Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure AcademicSubjects/MED00290 trauma Spectrometry Mass Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business AcademicSubjects/MED00670 |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society |
| ISSN: | 2048-7207 |
| Popis: | Dog bites remain a common occurrence in our society, particularly in toddlers and small children under the age of 2. Injuries to the head and face, more common in younger children, can often lead to significant morbidity. Additionally, there continues to be considerable clinical equipoise for standardized post-dog bite injury management. Here, we present the only reported pediatric case in the literature of Mycoplasma canis-associated central nervous system (CNS) infection in an 11-month-old infant who sustained a dog bite to the calvarium. The prevalence of dog bites during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had interestingly tripled in number after stay-at-home orders in 1 particular pediatric emergency department in Colorado. This observation paired with advances in microbiological identification like MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer) may lead to the identification of future cases of uniquely canine pathogens that play a role in human infection. |
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