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Gram negative bacteria. Bacteroides fragilis. Bartonella henselae (Cat-scratch disease and Bacillary angiomatosis) Enterobacter. Escherichia coli. Klebsiella pneumoniae. Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever) Proteus mirabilis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Salmonella (non-typhoidal) Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever)
(B) Francisella tularensis growth on chocolate blood agar. (C) Yersinia pestis growth on tryptosis soy agar. (D) Yersinia enterocolitica growth on tryptose soy agar. (Gram stain, X1,200.)
Jun 28, 2022 · Tularemia is a zoonotic infection caused by Francisella tularensis, an aerobic and fastidious gram-negative bacterium. Human infection occurs following contact with infected animals or invertebrate vectors. Synonyms include Francis disease, deer-fly fever, rabbit fever, market men disease, water-rat trappers disease, wild hare disease (yato-byo ...
Key Points. Tularemia is a febrile disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis; it may resemble typhoid fever . Symptoms are a primary local ulcerative lesion, regional lymphadenopathy, profound systemic symptoms, and, occasionally, atypical pneumonia.
Jun 28, 2022 · Tularemia is the zoonotic infection caused by Francisella tularensis, an aerobic and fastidious gram-negative bacterium. Human infection occurs following contact with infected animals or invertebrate vectors.
Oct 26, 2020 · Tularemia is a zoonosis caused by two subspecies of Francisella tularensis, a Gram-negative facultative intracellular bacterium ( Sjöstedt, 2007; Maurin and Gyuranecz, 2016 ). F. tularensis subsp. tularensis (type A) is mainly restricted to North America, although a few strains have been isolated in Slovakia and Austria ( Gurycová, 1998 ).
Oct 13, 2011 · F. tularensis may be identified through direct examination of secretions, exudates, or biopsy specimens using Gram stain, direct fluorescent antibody, or immunohistochemical stains. It can be grown from pharyngeal washings, sputum specimens, and even fasting gastric aspirates in a high proportion of patients with inhalational tularemia.
