Tularemia in children

Objective Tularemia, an infection caused by the coccobacilus Francisella tularensis , can be a difficult disease process to diagnose and treat. The aim of this study was to evaluate an epidemic of tularemia in Bursa. Methods In this study, we included only pediatric cases. All the cases were diagnos...

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Published in:Indian journal of pediatrics 2008-11, Vol.75 (11), p.1129-1132
Main Authors: Celebi, Solmaz, Hacimustafaoglu, Mustafa, Gedikoglu, Suna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Doxycycline - administration & dosage
Doxycycline - therapeutic use
Female
Francisella tularensis - isolation & purification
General aspects
Gynecology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Miscellaneous
Original Article
Pediatrics
Population Surveillance
Tularemia - diagnosis
Tularemia - drug therapy
Tularemia - epidemiology
Tularemia - microbiology
Turkey - epidemiology
Water Microbiology
Water Supply
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Summary:Objective Tularemia, an infection caused by the coccobacilus Francisella tularensis , can be a difficult disease process to diagnose and treat. The aim of this study was to evaluate an epidemic of tularemia in Bursa. Methods In this study, we included only pediatric cases. All the cases were diagnosed on clinical and serological grounds. Results During an epidemic of tularemia in a village of Bursa on December 2004, 70 people (60 adults, 10 children) fell ill. In children with tularemia, the oropharyngeal form predominated which was diagnosed 70% of cases. Most of the patients (80%) who had older than 10 years old, were treated with doxycycline. All patients recovered without complications. Conclusion The epidemic was thought to be waterborne. The vehicle of the infections was inadequately treated water which was used by the patient in the village.
ISSN:0019-5456
0973-7693
DOI:10.1007/s12098-008-0180-9