title: Enhancing recovery of Francisella tularensis from blood.
abstract: Francisella tularensis may be isolated with the BACTEC 460 blood culture system even though bottles may not meet the established criteria for recognizing positive blood cultures. We describe three proven bacteremic cases in which growth indices were not positive, gram stain of broth showed no microorganisms but F. tularensis grew on chocolate agar culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Phelps County Regional Medical Center, Rolla, Missouri.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Reary
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Klotz
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014406:Tularemia / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media