Related Experiment Videos
A shunt infection caused by Francisella tularensis
T Pittman1, D Williams, A D Friedman
1Division of Neurological Surgery, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. 63104-1095, USA.
Pediatric Neurosurgery
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report the first case of a child with a shunt infection caused by Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia. This patient is also unique in that the disease was limited to the central nervous system.