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.

I was cat-sitting recently, in exchange for a free place to stay, when the white-and-gray cat lunged at my hand and bit it.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A couple was arraigned Tuesday after a dog was found with untreated stab wounds and two other animals were found neglected in a Clarence home, the Erie County District ...

I hurried to a nearby hospital emergency room, where they said that, without treatment, the infection was ... surgery to clean the wound. In comparison, almost all dog bite ER patients are treated ...