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Meghan Brett1, Avanthi Doppalapudi, Laurel B Respicio-Kingry, Debra Myers, Brigitte Husband, Kerry Pollard, Paul Mead, Jeannine M Petersen, Cynthia J Whitener.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22692740 PMCID: PMC3421515 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00995-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948