Tularemia.
Clinical and histologic characteristics of tularemia are reviewed in this report of a 65-year-old man who presented with fever, cutaneous ulceration, and regional lymphadenopathy. Examination of a biopsy specimen failed to demonstrate the granulomatous inflammation one would expect according to the current dermatologic literature. We review the diagnostic implications of this finding.
Kodama
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Department of Dermatology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431.
Fitzpatrick
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JE
Gentry
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013848:Thigh; D014406:Tularemia / Q000473:pathology*