# Photo Quiz: Unexpected pathogens in the Gram staining of a blood culture smear

**Authors:** Jan Esse, Julius Sommer, Johannes Träger, Richard Strauß, Julia Fürst, Giuseppe Valenza, Christian Bogdan, Jürgen Held

PMC · DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01925-24 · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2025-05-14

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- **Genes:** CRP (C-reactive protein) [NCBI Gene 1401] {aka PTX1}
- **Diseases:** Malaria (MESH:D008288), shock (MESH:D012769), inflammatory (MESH:D007249), acute liver failure (MESH:D017114), impaired consciousness (MESH:D003244), infectious diseases (MESH:D003141), thrombocytopenia (MESH:D013921), fever (MESH:D005334), multi-organ failure (MESH:D009102), bacterial co-infection (MESH:D060085), anemia (MESH:D000740), PHOTO (MESH:D054039), acute renal dysfunction (MESH:D058186), parasitemia (MESH:D018512), leukocytosis (MESH:D007964), arterial hypertension (MESH:D000081029)
- **Chemicals:** creatinine (MESH:D003404), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (MESH:D019980), artesunate (MESH:D000077332), tricarboxylic acid (MESH:D014233), carbon dioxide (MESH:D002245), lactate (MESH:D019344)
- **Species:** Bacteria Latreille et al. 1825 (Bacteria stick insect, genus) [taxon 629395], Plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite P. falciparum, species) [taxon 5833], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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