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