In the German city of Bremen, a 63-year-old man died from pathogenic bacteria contained in the saliva of his domestic dog.. This is reported by the Daily Mail tabloid..

Patient admitted to hospital with flu-like symptoms. Soon sepsis was added to fever and shortness of breath.. The man later developed neurotic pain and bruising. After some time, his kidneys, liver and circulatory system failed, after which he was diagnosed with gangrene. Then the man's heart stopped, but the doctors resuscitated the patient. 16 days after admission to the hospital, the patient developed pneumonia and also accumulated fluid in the brain. The family decided to disconnect him from life support devices.

Doctors did not immediately find the cause of the strange disease. Symptoms indicated that a man might have caught some rare infection while in an exotic country.. However, his relatives testified that he had not gone anywhere recently.

And only then the doctors determined the real cause of the deadly disease - the bacterium Capnocytophaga canimorsus. This bacterium is quite common for the oral flora of dogs and cats.. It is rarely transmitted to people: usually when it comes to a person with a weakened immune system. Experts say 25 percent of those who die from this infection.