Oculoglandular and oropharyngeal tularemia: A case report and review of the literature

Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 346-350

  Öztoprak, Nefise ^a   Çelebi, Güven ^a   Alpay, Atilla ^b   Seremet Keskin, Ayşegül ^a   Kozluca, Yasemin ^b  

^a Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical lymphadenopathy; Conjunctivitis; Eye; Tonsillopharyngitis; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIPHORA; EYE SWELLING; EYELID DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; OCULOGLANDULAR TULAREMIA; OROPHARYNGEAL TULAREMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TULAREMIA;

EID: 71949108499     PISSN: 13013149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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