Open AccessProblems in Identification of Francisella philomiragia Associated with Fatal Bacteremia in a Patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Author(s) -
Alice Friis-Møller,
Lars Lemming,
Niels Henrik Valerius,
Brita Bruun
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.42.4.1840-1842.2004
Subject(s) - bacteremia , chronic granulomatous disease , isolation (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , disease , medicine , immunology , pathology , antibiotics
Francisella philomiragia is a rare gram-negative, halophilic coccobacillus with bizarre spherical forms on primary isolation. A case of F. philomiragia bacteremia in a 24-year-old patient with chronic granulomatous disease is reported. Identification of F. philomiragia was problematic with conventional tests but was done correctly and rapidly by kit 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing.