1/4. tularemia presenting as tonsillopharyngitis and cervical lymphadenitis: a case report and review of the literature.In this report, we describe a 57-year-old woman with oropharyngeal tularemia who presented with tonsillopharyngitis and cervical lymphadenitis. Clinical and radiological manifestations and histopathological characteristics of this disease are discussed with a review of the world literature. The oropharyngeal form of tularemia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cases involving tonsillopharyngitis and cervical lymphadenitis, particularly in those not responding to penicillin treatment.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pharyngitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/4. tularemia in adults and children: a changing presentation.tularemia, a febrile zoonosis with six clinical types, recently has been shown to occur at an increased incidence in children compared with previous reports. Ulceroglandular and glandular tularemia are still the most common types, but pneumonic tularemia has increased in incidence. However, with these changes, an overall decline in mortality has been observed. Children exhibit fever, pharyngitis, hepatosplenomegaly, and constitutional symptoms more often than affected adults. The complication of late lymph node suppuration is found in half of the tularemia patients with lymphadenopathy. A high index of clinical suspicion and a good medical history and physical examination confirmed by specific serologic studies are the critical factors in the successful diagnosis of tularemia in children.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.16666666666667keywords = pharyngitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/4. Oropharyngeal tularemia.A case of oropharyngeal tularemia mimicking a peritonsillar abscess is presented. This diagnosis should be entertained in patients who are seen initially with ulcerative-exudative pharyngitis with or without tonsillitis and whose routine cultures are negative and/or are unresponsive to penicillin. Institution of appropriate therapy depends largely on the clinical diagnosis because cultures on ordinary media are routinely negative, and it takes several days for antibody titers to reach diagnostic significance.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.16666666666667keywords = pharyngitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/4. tularemia: an unappreciated cause of exudative pharyngitis.A boy with a persistent febrile illness accompanied by exudative pharyngitis found to be due to tularemia is described. The role of tularemia as a cause of exudative pharyngitis is discussed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pharyngitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |