Bacterium tularense

This clinical picture was observed for the first time in Tulare, Cali-fomia in 1911 (G.W McCoy). The causative pathogen was identified as Bacterium tularense by G.W McCoy et al. (1912) and WB. Wheery et al. (1914). The gram-negative, aerobic and non-motile Frandsella tularense is transmitted to hmnans by arthropods infected by sick rodents, directly by the rodents themselves or through contaminated water. 

McCoy, GW, Chapin, CW. V. Bacterium Tularense, The Cause of a Plague-Like Disease of Rodents. Pubhc Health Bulletin, 53 17-23, 1912... 

In 1911, G. W. McCoy discovered the disease in Tulare County, California, as a cause of a plaguelike illness in ground squirrels.1 An organism was isolated and named Bacterium tularense.2,3 The first bacteriologically confirmed case of human dis-... 

McCoy GW, Chapin CW. Further observations on a plague-like disease of rodents with a preliminary note on the causative agent, Bacterium tularense. J Infect Dis. 1912 10 61-72. 

Jager BV, Ransmeier JC. Constrictive pericarditis due to Bacterium tularense Report of a case and review of reported cases of pericarditis occurring with tularemia. Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp. 1943 72 166-178. 

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