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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2011-10-01
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Series: | The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |
Online Access: | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1817 |