Differential diagnosis of cervical lymphadenitis mimicking malignancy due to tularemia: Our experiences

• Main Authors: Vedat Turhan (Author), Ufuk Berber (Author), Abdullah Haholu (Author), Murat Salihoglu (Author), Asim Ulçay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Tularemia is a disease caused by a Gram-negative coccobacillus Francisella tularensis. This bacterium may cause different types of clinical pictures owing to acquisition route and entrance site, such as ulceroglandular, oropharyngeal, glandular, pneumonic, typhoid and ocular forms. Oroph...