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Method for the Isolation of Francisella tularensis Outer Membranes
Published on: June 29, 2010
First case of Francisella bacteraemia in Western Australia
Max Aravena-Román1, Adam Merritt2, Timothy J J Inglis1
1Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia ; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia.
Abstract:
Francisella species are Gram-negative, nonmotile, pleomorphic coccobacilli, facultative intracellular fastidious bacteria. We report the isolation of a Francisella-like species from a blood culture collected from a 44-year-old bacteraemic patient in Perth, Western Australia. The organism was identified to species level by 16S rRNA sequencing and by fatty acid methyl esters analysis. The strain genotypically resembled Francisella hispaniensis, a species previously isolated from human blood in Spain.
