Whipp Margaret J, Davis Jennifer M, Lum Gary, de Boer Jim, Zhou Yan, Bearden Scott W, Petersen Jeannine M, Chu May C, Hogg Geoff
Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia 2Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory of Australia, Australia 3Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
J Med Microbiol. 2003 Sep;52(Pt 9):839-842. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.05245-0.
Francisella tularensis is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, where it is associated with the disease of tularaemia in animals and humans. The isolation and identification is reported of a novicida-like subspecies of F. tularensis from a foot wound sustained in brackish water in the Northern Territory of Australia.
土拉弗朗西斯菌在北半球均有发现,在那里它与动物和人类的兔热病有关。本文报道了从澳大利亚北领地一处受微咸水浸泡的足部伤口中分离并鉴定出一种类似土拉弗朗西斯菌新凶手亚种的菌株。