Three cases of oropharyngeal tularemia in Turkey

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 532-537

  Ugur, Kadriye Serife ^a   Ark, Nebil ^a   Kilic, Selcuk ^b   Kurtaran, Hanifi ^a   Kosehan, Dilek ^a   Gunduz, Mehmet ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Head and neck masses; Tonsillopharyngitis; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CEPHALOSPORIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL TULAREMIA; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OROPHARYNX; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STREPTOMYCIN; TONSILLITIS; TULAREMIA; TURKEY;

EID: 79953062929     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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