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Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
+purpuric rash → ... purpura fulminans ... the key to the diagnosis ... difficult to culture and ... #clinical #photo
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
cats) Classic clinical ... shock with fever, rash ... can evolve to purpura ... Capnocytophaga #Infection #Diagnosis ... #Microbiology #CAnimorsus