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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