First case of Francisella bacteraemia in Western Australia

First case of Francisella bacteraemia in Western Australia

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 identif...

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Main Authors: Max Aravena-Román, Adam Merritt, Timothy J.J. Inglis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Subjects:
Fatty acids
Francisella
gene sequencing
sepsis
taxonomy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297515000852
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2052-2975

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