A Rarely Seen Infection in Emergency Departments: Tularemia, Which Can Cause Outbreak

Tularemia is a zoonotic bacterial infectious disease; its causative agent is Francisella tularensis. Tularemia can lead to outbreaks. The infection may cause severe complications from cutaneous ulceration and regional lymphadenopathies on the transmitting area of the body to fever, pneumonia, or sep...

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Published in:Eurasian journal of emergency medicine 2014-06, Vol.13 (2), p.92
Main Authors: Gülaçti, Umut, Lök, Ugur, Üstün, Cemal, Atesçelik, Metin, Gürger, Mehtap, Yanilmaz, Muhammet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Medical diagnosis
Mortality
Tularemia
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Summary:Tularemia is a zoonotic bacterial infectious disease; its causative agent is Francisella tularensis. Tularemia can lead to outbreaks. The infection may cause severe complications from cutaneous ulceration and regional lymphadenopathies on the transmitting area of the body to fever, pneumonia, or sepsis. Due to the difficulty of diagnosis, tularemia should be considered in the differential diagnosis; otherwise, it can be missed easily. Tularemia should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients with sore throat, lymphadenopathy, and neck mass. If not diagnosed timely and treated adequately, it can lead to mortality.
ISSN:2149-5807
2149-6048
DOI:10.5152/jaem.2014.17362