Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methods
The study describes four cases of tularaemia – one developed after contact with rabbits and three developed after an arthropod bite. Due to non-specific clinical symptoms, accurate diagnosis of tularaemia may be difficult. The increasing contribution of the arthropod vectors in the transmission of t...
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| author | Kamila Formińska Aleksandra A Zasada Waldemar Rastawicki Karolina Śmietańska Dorota Bander Marta Wawrzynowicz-Syczewska Mariya Yanushevych Jolanta Niścigórska-Olsen Marek Wawszczak |
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| description | The study describes four cases of tularaemia – one developed after contact with rabbits and three developed after an arthropod bite. Due to non-specific clinical symptoms, accurate diagnosis of tularaemia may be difficult. The increasing contribution of the arthropod vectors in the transmission of the disease indicates that special effort should be made to apply sensitive and specific diagnostic methods for tularaemia, and to remind health-care workers about this route of [i]Francisella tularensis[/i] infections. The advantages and disadvantages of various diagnostic methods – molecular, serological and microbiological culture – are discussed. The PCR as a rapid and proper diagnostic method for ulceroglandular tularaemia is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a33c618654ce4de3bbcb81067828eaa02022-12-22T02:03:49ZengInstitute of Rural HealthAnnals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine1232-19661898-22632015-09-0122879957443446Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methodsKamila Formińska0Aleksandra A Zasada1Waldemar Rastawicki2Karolina Śmietańska3Dorota Bander4Marta Wawrzynowicz-Syczewska5Mariya Yanushevych6Jolanta Niścigórska-Olsen7Marek Wawszczak8National Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Bacteriology, Warsaw, PolandNational Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Bacteriology, Warsaw, PolandNational Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Bacteriology, Warsaw, PolandNational Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Bacteriology, Warsaw, PolandPomeranian Medical University, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Szczecin, PolandPomeranian Medical University, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Szczecin, PolandMedical University of Warsaw, Clinic of Pulmonology and Allergology of Children, Warsaw, PolandIndependent Public Provincial Hospital, Clinic of Observation Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Szczecin, PolandIndependent Public Central Clinical Hospital, Clinic of General Surgery and Chest Disease, Warsaw PolandThe study describes four cases of tularaemia – one developed after contact with rabbits and three developed after an arthropod bite. Due to non-specific clinical symptoms, accurate diagnosis of tularaemia may be difficult. The increasing contribution of the arthropod vectors in the transmission of the disease indicates that special effort should be made to apply sensitive and specific diagnostic methods for tularaemia, and to remind health-care workers about this route of [i]Francisella tularensis[/i] infections. The advantages and disadvantages of various diagnostic methods – molecular, serological and microbiological culture – are discussed. The PCR as a rapid and proper diagnostic method for ulceroglandular tularaemia is presented.http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=1167711arthropods bite; tularemia;F.tularensis;PCR |
| spellingShingle | Kamila Formińska Aleksandra A Zasada Waldemar Rastawicki Karolina Śmietańska Dorota Bander Marta Wawrzynowicz-Syczewska Mariya Yanushevych Jolanta Niścigórska-Olsen Marek Wawszczak Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methods Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine arthropods bite; tularemia;F.tularensis;PCR |
| title | Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methods |
| title_full | Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methods |
| title_fullStr | Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methods |
| title_short | Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methods |
| title_sort | increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in poland case reports and diagnostic methods |
| topic | arthropods bite; tularemia;F.tularensis;PCR |
| url | http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=1167711 |
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