4 results
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Cat at home. ... ) and critical illness ... Vibrio, aeromonas, Capnocytophaga ... #Skin #Rash #clinical ... #photo
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
after a dog or cat ... +purpuric rash → ... purpura fulminans ... #dermatology #clinical ... #photo
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
Capnocytophaga GNR ... cavity of dogs (and cats ... ) Classic clinical ... shock with fever, rash ... can evolve to purpura
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
easy bruising to purpura ... (Petechial or purpuric ... rash) • Heart, ... Fibrin degradation products ... #Rheumatology