Iron-Modified Blood Culture Media Allow for the Rapid Diagnosis and Isolation of the Slow-Growing Pathogen Francisella tularensis

ABSTRACT The life-threatening disease tularemia is caused by Francisella tularensis, an intracellular Gram-negative bacterial pathogen. Due to the high mortality rates of the disease, as well as the low respiratory infectious dose, F. tularensis is categorized as a Tier 1 bioterror agent. The identi...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Efi Makdasi, Yafit Atiya-Nasagi, David Gur, Itai Glinert, Shlomo Shmaya, Elad Milrot, Theodor Chitlaru, Emanuelle Mamroud, Orly Laskar, Ofir Schuster
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Subjects:	Francisella tularensis tularemia blood culture bacterial diagnostics iron bacterial growth
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02415-22