First case of Francisella bacteraemia in Western Australia

Francisella species are Gram-negative, nonmotile, pleomorphic coccobacilli, facultative intracellular fastidious bacteria. We report the isolation of a Francisella-like species from a blood culture collected from a 44-year-old bacteraemic patient in Perth, Western Australia. The organism was identified to species level by 16S rRNA sequencing and by fatty acid methyl esters analysis. The strain genotypically resembled Francisella hispaniensis, a species previously isolated from human blood in Spain.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  new microbes and new infections

• Publication date

  2015-10-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.10.004PMID 26649180PMCID 4644258
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• The strain genotypically resembled Francisella hispaniensis, a species previously isolated from human blood in Spain.

  Confidence 0.92

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• Species-level identification of the isolate used 16S rRNA sequencing together with fatty acid methyl esters analysis.

  Confidence 0.96

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• Francisella bacteraemia was reported in Western Australia for the first time from a blood culture isolate.

  Confidence 0.97

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• 16s rrna sequencing

  method

  A molecular identification method that analyzes bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences.

  Aliases: 16S sequencing, 16S rRNA gene sequencing

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• blood culture

  specimen

  A clinical specimen of blood used to recover and identify bloodstream pathogens.

  Aliases: blood-culture

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• fatty acid methyl esters analysis

  method

  An analytical method that profiles bacterial fatty acids as methyl ester derivatives for identification.

  Aliases: FAME analysis, FAME

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• francisella bacteraemia

  condition

  A bloodstream infection involving Francisella organisms.

  Aliases: Francisella bacteremia

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• francisella hispaniensis

  species

  A named Francisella species used as the closest comparator in the report and known from human clinical isolates.

  Aliases: F. hispaniensis

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• francisella-like species

  organism

  A bacterial isolate with characteristics similar to members of the genus Francisella.

  Aliases: Francisella-like organism

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• western australia

  location

  The Australian state where the reported clinical isolate was collected and the case was described.

  Aliases: WA

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