Cerebral abscesses complicating tularemia meningitis.
Tularemia meningitis is a distinctly rare entity with only 14 cases reported in the literature, half of which occurred prior to 1950. In this case we provide the first description of cerebral microabscesses which occurred as a complication of tularemia meningitis.
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Division of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic. Rochester, MN 55905, USA. gangat.naseema@mayo.edu
D000818:Animals; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005604:Francisella tularensis; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014406:Tularemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology