Fig. 4From: Lethal Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in an asplenic patientCulture of Capnocytophaga canimorsus. a Gram-staining of C. canimorsus from blood culture showing subtle Gram-negative rods. The image was taken with a Leica CM750 microscope (1000 × magnification) and captured with a camera attached to the microscope (Leica DMshare software). b Growth of C. canimorsus on Columbia blood agar revealing small, greyish, sharply defined colonies after 48 hBack to article page