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Review
. 2023 Jun 20;61(6):e0078722.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.00787-22. Epub 2023 Jun 20.

The Brief Case: Suspicious Gram-Negative Coccobacilli-Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida Isolated from an Immunocompromised Patient

Kenneth Gavina  1 , Brynne E Whitacre  1 , Thomas L Meyer  2 , Kayla Van Benten  2 , Mark Glazier  3 , Christopher L Emery  1   2 , John-Paul Lavik  1   2 , Ryan F Relich  1   2
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The Brief Case: Suspicious Gram-Negative Coccobacilli-Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida Isolated from an Immunocompromised Patient

Kenneth Gavina et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
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Keywords: Francisella tularensis; bioagent; biosafety; select agent; tularemia.

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Figures

FIG 1
FIG 1
(A) Gram-negative coccobacilli identified from an aerobic blood culture bottle after 3 days of growth. (B) Small gray colonies identified on sheep blood agar (left) and chocolate agar (right) following 2 days of incubation under 5% CO2 at 35°C.
FIG 2
FIG 2
Flow chart algorithm for ruling out Francisella tularensis. (+), positive; (−), negative; BAP, blood agar plate; BCYE, buffered charcoal yeast extract agar; CHOC, chocolate agar; EMB, eosin-methylene blue agar; GNCB, Gram-negative coccobacilli; LRN, Laboratory Response Network; MAC, MacConkey agar; TM, Thayer-Martin agar.
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