The "culprit" is a bacterium called "Capnocytophaga canimorsus" , present in the saliva of our pets. It has caused the death of three people in France between February 2017 and April 2018. "In 60% of cases, the bacteria was transmitted after a bite . In other cases, after licking a wound," said the professor Geneviève Héry-Arnaud, from the Brest Bacteriology-Virology Laboratory.
You don't have to panic. The bacterium is treated with antibiotics and mainly affects people with very weak immune defenses . If you find yourself in that situation, take precautions and avoid sucking on sensitive areas (mouth, wounds …) but give all your love, as you have always done.
