title: [An epidemic of tularemia in the Nish area].
abstract: Tularaemia, as a rare disease, surprised medical workers in 1999 and 2000 when it was detected and diagnosed in 31 patients. In 1999 patients were registered in villages of the Sokobanja community, and in 2000 also in other communities in the district of Nish. Patients were peasants, mostly housewives. Glandular form of the disease was dominant. The main clinical symptoms were: tonsillitis, pain in the region of enlarged lymphatic glands and temperature, Biohumoral syndrome presented accelerated sedimentation of erythrocytes and elevated fibrinogen values. Antibody titer of Francisella tularensis was extremely high in the majority of patients. The disease was cured in all patients: in 27 patients after the first therapy, in 4 subjects after recidivation and 5 patients were surgically treated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Centre, Nish.
authors.forename: Velimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kostić
authors.forename: Branislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jovanović
authors.forename: Milijanka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krstić
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jovanović
authors.forename: Snezana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skorić
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Velicković
authors.forename: Branislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lako
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014406:Tularemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology