Publications

francisella sp. (family francisellaceae) causing mortality in norwegian cod (gadus morhua) farming.	in 2004, a new disease was detected in cod (gadus morhua) in western norway. affected cod had white granulomas in the visceral organs and skin. a species of francisella was isolated on blood agar plates from moribund cod. the bacterium could be grown at temperatures ranging from 6 to 22 degrees c, but did not grow at 37 degrees c. challenge experiments showed that francisella sp. was the cause for the new disease. the 16s rdna gene sequence from francisella sp. showed 99.17% similarity to f. phi ...	2006	16614828
water- and airborne francisella tularensis biovar palaearctica isolated from human blood.	the isolation of francisella tularensis from human blood is extremely rare in europe. we here describe two cases of septicemia caused by f. tularensis biovar palaearctica, where the causative bacterium was isolated from blood. one of our patients had ingested contaminated water; the other was probably infected by inhalation of contaminated dust. the isolation of the causative organism was essential for initiating the appropriate antibiotic treatment, which led to a rapid improvement. since the r ...	1991	1800375