A possible novel Francisella genomic species isolated from blood and urine of a patient with severe illness

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1026-1030

  Escudero, R ^a   Elia M ^b   Saez Nieto J A ^a   Menendez V ^b   Toledo, A ^a,d   Royo, G ^b   Rodriguez Vargas M ^a   Whipp, M J ^c   Gil, H ^a   Jado, I ^a   Anda, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Francisella; Multilocus; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; MEROPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TULAREMIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; URINE CULTURE;

FRANCISELLA;

EID: 77954647008     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03029.x     Document Type: Article

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