Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;18(9):1484-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1809.111856.
We report a case of ulceroglandular tularemia that developed in a woman after she was bitten by a ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) in a forest in Tasmania, Australia. Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica was identified. This case indicates the emergence of F. tularensis type B in the Southern Hemisphere.
我们报告了一例溃疡性腹股沟肉芽肿,该病发生在一名女性身上,她在澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚州的森林中被环尾负鼠(Pseudocheirus peregrinus)咬伤后发病。鉴定出的病原体为土拉弗朗西斯菌亚种 holarctica。该病例表明,B 型土拉弗朗西斯菌在南半球出现。