Suppurative cervical adenopathy and pharyngeal mass due to tularemia unresponsive to medical treatment

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis. Tularemia presents with various clinical forms, such as ulceroglandular, glandular, oculoglandular, oropharyngeal, pneumonic, and typhoidal tularemia forms. As an intracellular pathogen, F. tularensis causes granulomatous and s...

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Main Authors: Yasemin Ozsürekci, Mehmet Ceyhan, Melda Celik, Ateş Kara, Ali Bülent Cengiz, Burçe Ozgen-Mocan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2011-10-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1817