title: Ulceroglandular Tularemia Following Contact with a Boar.
abstract: We report on a 13-year-old patient who developed ulceroglandular tularemia after having assisted in slaughtering a hunted boar. He presented with a digital skin ulcer and enlarged lymph nodes. Clinically suspected tularemia was proven by real-time polymerase chain reaction performed on a skin ulcer biopsy and swab and by positive serology. This is the first reported case of tularemia after contact with a boar.
authors.affiliation: From the *Pediatrics, Hôpital du Jura, Delémonts, Switzerland; and †Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, University of Basel Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Passiouk
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Heininger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D005604:Francisella tularensis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013552:Swine; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014406:Tularemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents