The woman, a 70-year-old, contracted blood poisoning after her dog
licked her face. She was admitted to the emergency room with seizures
and organ failure when she contracted the blood poisoning after her
Italian greyhound licked her face while she was playing with it.
According to NY Daily News, the saliva transferred from the pooch smooch
resulted in blood poisonings in the unique case confirmed in the BMJ
Case Reports medical journal
Sepsis derives from the bacteria, Capnocytophaga canimorsus, and is normally transferred through dog bites.
According to the National Institute of Health if sepsis develops into septic shock there is a potential mortality rate of 50%.
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