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#protozoa #toxoplasma #leishmania #trypanosoma #babesia #malaria #plasmodium #cryptosporidium #cyclospora #cystisospora #entamoeba #acanthamoeba #microsporidia

#ID  #InfectiousDiseases
#trypanosoma #babesia ... malaria #plasmodium #cryptosporidium ... cystisospora #entamoeba #acanthamoeba ... #Infections #Microbiology ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis
Asplenia and Infections - Important Pathogens:
 • Encapsulated bacteria: Strep pneumo, Neissera meningitidis, Capnocytophaga, H.flu, Bordetella
Asplenia and Infections ... meningitidis, Capnocytophaga ... #Infections #Asplenia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Microbiology
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
the majority of infections ... healthy cats and dogs ... bite in asplenic ... #canimorsus #microbiology ... #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
Capnocytophaga GNR ... immunocompromised host, asplenia ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infection #Diagnosis ... #Cats #Dogs #Microbiology