Tularemia
Alternative Names
Deerfly fever; Rabbit fever; Pahvant Valley plague; Ohara disease; Yatobyo (Japan); Lemming feverSymptoms
- Chills
- Enlarged lymph nodes of the groin or armpits
- Fever
- Headache
- Joint stiffness
- Muscle pains
- Possible conjunctivitis
- Red spot on the skin, enlarging to an ulcer
- Shortness of breath
- Sweating
- Weight loss
Exams and Tests
- Serology for tularemia
- PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test of a sample from an ulcer
- Blood culture for tularemia
- Chest x-ray
This disease may also alter the results of febrile/cold agglutinins.
References
Eliasson H, Broman T, Forsman M, Back E. Tularemia: current epidemiology and disease management. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2006. Jun;20(2):289-311, ix.
Hassoun A, Spera R, Dunkel J. Tularemia and Once-Daily Gentamicin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2006; 50(2),824.
Cronquist SD. Tularemia: the disease and the weapon. Dermatol Clin. 2004; 22(3): 313-20, vi-vii.
Long SS, Pickering LK, Prober CG. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2003:917.
Cohen J, Powderly WG. Infectious Diseases. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2004:1649-1653.
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