Tularemia presenting with tonsillopharyngitis and cervical lymphadenitis: Report of two cases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 620-622

  Kandemir, Bahar ^a   Erayman, Ibrahim ^a   Bitirgen, Mehmet ^a   Aribas, Emel Turk ^a   Guler, Selma ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Medicine Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; NECK; PHARYNGITIS; TONSILLITIS; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34347347152     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540601105814     Document Type: Article

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