Fact sheets
The Department of Health, Western Australia, does not produce fact sheets on this topic.
Public Health action
Notifiable disease data and reports
Additional sources of information
Case definition
Both confirmed cases AND probable cases should be notified.
Confirmed case
A confirmed case requires laboratory definitive evidence only.
Laboratory definitive evidence
Isolation of Francisella tularensis .
Probable case
A probable case requires laboratory suggestive evidence AND clinical evidence.
Laboratory suggestive evidence
1. Isolation of a Gram-negative bacillus suggestive of F. tularensis where the organism identity and pathogenicity have not yet been confirmed by a reference laboratory
OR
2. Detection of F. tularensis by nucleic acid testing
OR
3. Detection of characteristic Gram-negative rods suggestive of F. tularensis, confirmed by a reference laboratory.
Clinical evidence
A clinically compatible illness.
