曲拉氏杆菌是一种革兰氏阴性菌,可能导致人畜共患疾病,Tularemia.这里,我们描述了一个病人的案例,芬兰北部一位以前健康的年轻女性因发烧和头痛而联系了医疗保健。由于初级卫生保健中的症状和缺乏进一步的诊断工具,她被转移到大学医院(UH),在那里接受氨苄西林和头孢曲松的经验性治疗。抽取脑脊液样品(CSF),显示培养2天后在巧克力琼脂上生长的小革兰氏阴性棒。基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间(Maldi-tof)未提供鉴定,但细菌被解释为对环丙沙星敏感,治疗改为环丙沙星。在病人被感染的时候,在该地区发现了几个阳性的tularemia样本。因此,在细菌培养中使用室内tularemia核酸方法(PCR)。此外,进行16SrDNA测序,这些方法将细菌鉴定为土拉氏菌。幸运的是,患者用环丙沙星完全康复,无任何并发症出院.我们的案例强调了需要了解特定诊断方法的局限性,比如Maldi-tof,用于临床实验室设置。它还强调了在流行地区工作时,临床医生和实验室工作人员都需要意识到许多tularemia的临床表现。
Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative bacteria, that may cause a zoonotic disease,
tularemia. Here, we describe a patient
case, where a previously healthy young woman in Northern Finland contacted health care because of fever and headache. Due to the symptoms and lack of further diagnostic tools in primary health care, she was transferred to University Hospital (UH) where ampicillin and ceftriaxone was given empirically. A cerebrospinal fluid sample (CSF) was drawn showing small Gram-negative rods that grew on chocolate agar after 2 days of incubation. Matrix-assisted laser-desorption-ionization time of-flight (Maldi-tof) did not provide identification, but the bacteria was interpreted as sensitive to ciprofloxacin and the treatment was changed to ciprofloxacin. During the time the patient was infected, there were several positive
tularemia samples found in the area. Therefore, an in house
tularemia nucleic acid method (PCR) was used on the bacterial culture. Additionally, 16S rDNA sequencing was performed and these methods identified the bacteria as F. tularensis. Fortunately, the patient recovered completely with ciprofloxacin and was discharged without any complications. Our
case underlines the need to understand the limits of specific diagnostic methods, such as Maldi-tof, used in clinical laboratory settings. It also highlights the need of both clinicians and laboratory staff to be aware of the many clinical presentations of tularemia when working in an endemic area.