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Haemophilus species (view source)

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<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>

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===Overview===

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*Inhabit mucosal epithelium of upper respiratory and lower genital tract

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*Suppurative infections due to release of pro-inflammatory cytokines released from macrophages

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*Serofibrinous to fibrinopurative infections of lungs, body cavities and joints

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*Colonisation of meningeal vessels causes a thrombotic vasculitis leading to encephalitis and meningitis

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*Haemin-dependent strains grow on Blood Agar

*Do not grow on MacConkey agar

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*Inhabit mucosal epithelium of respiratory and genital tract

===''Haemophilus parasuis''===

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*Inhabits nasopharynx of normal swine

*Serotype B causes Glasser's disease in pigs

*Glasser's disease

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*Infectious coryza of poultry

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*Resistant to complement-mediated lysis and phagocytosis

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