Seawater-Associated Highly Pathogenic Francisella hispaniensis Infections Causing Multiple Organ Failure
Hua Zhou
1, Qing Yang
1, Lisha Shen, Yake Yao, Jun Xu, Junhui Ye, Xiaomai Wu, Yunsong Yu, Ziqin Li, Jianying Zhou
, and Shangxin Yang
Author affiliations: The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China (H. Zhou, L. Shen, Y. Yao, J. Xu, J. Zhou); State Key Laboratory for Diagnostic and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou (Q. Yang); Sanmen People’s Hosptial, Taizhou, China (J. Ye); Taizhou Hospital, Taizhou (X. Wu); Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou (Y. Yu); Zhejiang-California International Nanosystems Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (Z. Li, S. Yang); UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA (S. Yang)
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Figure 1. Chest wound of a 64-year-old male fisherman and isolated bacteria morphology, China. A) Ulcer and necrosis in the lower chest. B) Gram-negative cocci isolated from blood and wound. C) Growth on blood agar after 5 days with CO2. D) Growth on chocolate agar after 5 days with CO2.
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