A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
F. philomiragia (previously Yersinia philomiragia) - associated with septicaemia and invaxsive systemic infection - reported susceptible to fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, cefoxitin
F. tularensis - the agent of tularaemia - reported susceptible to streptomycin and tetracycline
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