Tularemia: unexpected, but prevalent cause of cervical lymhadenopathy in Turkey. A case report and review of literature
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Tularemia: unexpected, but prevalent cause of cervical lymhadenopathy in Turkey. A case report and review of literature

Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2008;46(1):49-52 DOI: 10.2399/tao.06.028
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Abstract

A man who had tonsillopharyngitis and lymphadenomegaly has been admitted to our outpatient clinic. His complaints had been unresponsive to various beta-lactam antibiotics treatments in this period. In this paper, we report a tularemia case and review of the current literature.

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Bu yazıda, tonsillofarenjit ve servikal lenfadenopati şikayeti ile kliniğimize başvuran ve kullandığı çeşitli beta-laktam antibiyotiklere cevap vermeyen bir tularemi olgusunun literatür eşliğinde sunulması amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords: Tularemia, tonsillopharyngitis, cervical lymhadenopathy.