A case of tularemia meningitis in Sweden.
Tularemia meningitis occurred in a previously healthy 64-year-old man from Northern Sweden. The patient was immunocompetent and recovered without sequelae. The bacterial isolate conformed by most criteria with the Euro-Asian biovar Francisella tularensis var. palaearctica. Tularemia meningitis may mimic meningitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Hill
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Hospital of Sundsvall, Sweden.
Sandström
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Schröder
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Franzén
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Tärnvik
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D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014406:Tularemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D002701:Chloramphenicol