Oropharyngeal tularemia - A differential diagnosis of tonsillopharyngitis and cervical lymphadenitis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 110-114

  Dlugaiczyk, Julia ^a,c   Harrer, Thomas ^a   Zwerina, Jochen ^a   Traxdorf, Maximilian ^a   Schwarz, Stephan ^a   Splettstoesser, Wolf ^b   Geißdörfer, Walter ^a   Schoerner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Lymphadenitis; Tonsillopharyngitis; Tularemia; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHADENITIS; MOUTH INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TONSILLITIS; TULAREMIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; NECK; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; TONSILLITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TULAREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952500001     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-009-1274-8     Document Type: Article

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