title: Diagnosis from a blood film following dog-bite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, Victoria.
authors.forename: Hui Sien
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D002206:Capnocytophaga / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D055665:Purpura Fulminans / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D013156:Splenectomy