Two cases of glandular tularemia from Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-206

  Bayhan Taş, Gülsüm Iclal ^a   Tanir, Gönül ^a   Çelebi, Bekir ^b  

^a Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Bacterial Zoonosis Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Inguinal lymphadenopathy; Tularemia; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GLANDULAR TULAREMIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SWELLING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; TULAREMIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84863449862     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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