[A 23-year-old patient with sore throat and cervical lymph node enlargement: a rare presentation of tularemia].
We report a case of oropharyngeal tularemia--an uncommon manifestation of this disease. There is a low prevalence of tularemia in Germany. Therefore the diagnosis can be confirmed only by well directed laboratory diagnostics. Without correct antibiotic therapy mortality can reach 33%--depending on the subspecies of Francisella tularensis. For this reason tularemia should be included into the differential-diagnostic considerations in patients with unclear lymph node enlargement.
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Abteilung für Infektiologie der Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Klinikum Chemnitz, Bürgerstrasse 2, Chemnitz, Germany. e.capka@skc.de
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Ritter
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Stölzel
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D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014406:Tularemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
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