title: [Detection of Francisella tularensis by blood culture].
abstract: Francisella tularensis, from the family Francisellaceae, is the aetiological agent of a zoonosis called tularaemia, spread throughout the northern hemisphere. The infectious dose is extremely low (10 CFU/ml) and the infection causes severe diseases or even death if untreated. The transmission to humans is always related to animals, either by a direct contact or by a contact with the environment contaminated by them. Clinical symptoms of the disease can vary depending on the point of entry of the infection. Tularaemia may also occur without any local symptoms or can be manifested by a combination of the symptoms of various typical clinical forms. F. tularensis is a fastidious bacterium and it is rarely diagnosed by blood culture.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics of the General Faculty Hospital and The First Medical Faculty of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lukásová
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cermák
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smelá
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jedlicková
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ténaiová
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dvorák
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001769:Blood; D003470:Culture Media; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014406:Tularemia / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media