Category:Haemophilus species

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Overview

• Inhabit mucosal epithelium of upper respiratory and lower genital tract
• Suppurative infections due to release of pro-inflammatory cytokines released from macrophages
• Serofibrinous to fibrinopurative infections of lungs, body cavities and joints
• Colonisation of meningeal vessels causes a thrombotic vasculitis leading to encephalitis and meningitis

Haemophilus characteristics

• Morphologically variable Gram-negative bacilli, ranging from short rods to long filaments
• Facultative anaerobes
• Typically oxidase positive
• Depend on beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) (V factor) and/or Haemin (X fector) for growth
• Heated blood agar (Chocolate Agar) required for growth of NAD-dependent strains
• Haemin-dependent strains grow on Blood Agar
• Do not grow on MacConkey agar

Haemophilus parasuis

Haemophilus somnus

Haemophilus pleuropneumonia

Haemophilus paragalinarum

Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus

Haemophilus felis

Haemophilus influenzae