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Case Reports
. 2012 Aug;50(8):2826-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00995-12. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

Francisella novicida bacteremia after a near-drowning accident

Meghan Brett  1 , Avanthi Doppalapudi, Laurel B Respicio-Kingry, Debra Myers, Brigitte Husband, Kerry Pollard, Paul Mead, Jeannine M Petersen, Cynthia J Whitener
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Francisella novicida bacteremia after a near-drowning accident

Meghan Brett et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of Francisella novicida bacteremia following a near-drowning event in seawater. We highlight the challenges associated with laboratory identification of F. novicida and differences in the epidemiology of F. novicida and Francisella tularensis infections.

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Fig 1
Neighbor-joining tree showing the relationship of the clinical isolate, PA107858, to other members of the Francisellaceae based on an 835-bp region of the 16S rRNA gene. Bootstrap support values >60% are indicated. GenBank accession numbers are indicated following the strain designations.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Neighbor-joining tree showing the relationship of the clinical isolate, PA107858, to other members of the Francisellaceae members based on a 507-bp region of the pgm gene. Bootstrap support values >60% are indicated. GenBank accession numbers are indicated following the strain designations.
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