Fairhurst a la chart

DESTRUCTIVE (compare to S.viridans and S.faecalis) ... S.typhi –Typhoid fever, init by asymptomatic infection of gut phagocytes and dissemination to liver, Gall bladder (carrier state), Fever, RLQ abdominal pain, rose spots. Tx Cipro or ceftriaxone. S. cholerae-suis- Gm- sepsis. Esp patients with Sickle cell (risk for osteomyelitis b/c func. ................
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