Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Letter
Diverse Francisella tularensis Strains and Oropharyngeal Tularemia, Turkey
Table
Francisella tularensis–positive clinical samples from 14 patients with oropharyngeal tularemia, Turkey, December 2009–January 2011*
Patient no. (sample no.) | City | CanSNP subgroup† | MLVA genotype‡ |
---|---|---|---|
1 (F0737) | Corum | B.20/21/33 | i |
2 (F0738) | Cankırı | B.28/29 | b |
3 (F0739) | Yozgat | B.28/29 | b |
4 (F0740) | Zonguldak | B.7/8 | a |
5 (F0741) | Corum | B.20/21/33 | e |
6 (F0742) | Corum | B.20/21/33 | e |
7 (F0743) | Corum | B.20/21/33§ | ND |
8 (F0744)¶ | Bala/Ankara | B.20/21/33 | e |
9 (F0745) | Ankara | B.20/21/33 | d |
10 (F0746) | Corum | B.20/21/33 | j |
11 (F0747) | Bala/Ankara | B.20/21/33 | g |
12 (F0748) | Corum | B.20/21/33 | f |
13 (F0749) | Ankara | B.20/21/33 | c |
14 (F0750) | Emirdağ/Afyon | B.20/21/33 | h |
*Clinical samples collected in 2011 from patients with cervical lymphadenitis at Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Pediatric Infectious Disease unit, Ankara, Turkey. CanSNP, canonical single-nucleotide polymorphism; MLVA, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis; ND, not determined.
†Subgroups published in (3,4,6,7). CanSNP branches tested on samples in this study: B.3, B.4, B.5, B.6, B.7, B.8, B.9, B.10, B.11, B.13, B.20, B.21, B.22, B.26, B.27, B.28, B.29, B.30, B.31, B.32, and B.33.
‡MLVA markers (M03, M05, M06, M20) (2).
§Subgroup classification based on approximation because genotype for B.33 remains unresolved.
¶This patient was an adult (all others were children).
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1These authors contributed equally to this article.