tularemia
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- noun
- /ˌtjuːləˈriːmiə/
- Specialized
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tularemia
- In recognition of Francis's lifelong contributions to the study of tularemia, the American Medical Association nominated him for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
- glandular tularemia
- typhoidal tularemia
- form of tularemia
Examples
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Another aspect of this disease worth noting is that typhoidal or pneumonic tularemia, especially in non-endemic areas, should suggest the possibility of an act of bioterrorism.
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In 1921, Francis noted seven bacteriologically confirmed cases of naturally occurring tularemia and other cases of laboratory-acquired illness.
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One uncommon but significant cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in children is glandular tularemia.
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The incidence of tularemia has declined markedly from thousands of cases per year during the first half of the 20th century to hundreds of cases annually.
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In this article, we describe a case of glandular tularemia in a child, and we review the physical, laboratory, and radiologic findings of this disease as well as the response to medical and surgical therapy.
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This case report details the clinical manifestation and course of glandular tularemia, an uncommon but significant cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in children.
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Based on our experience and reports from South Dakota and other states, fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, and malaise appear to be important clinical features of tularemia in children.
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As was the case with our patient, the glandular form of tularemia involves adenopathy, usually cervical in the deep jugular chain without an apparent skin lesion.
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In addition to the clinical picture that characterizes tularemia, characteristic radiographic signs of tularemic cervical lymphadenopathy may be seen on contrast-enhanced axial CT.
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Exposure to infected animals can lead to severe symptoms of tularemia in humans.
Synonyms
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A disease in rabbits and other small animals that can spread to people by ticks, flies or touching infected animals
A fever people can catch from ticks, flies, or touching infected wild animals like rabbits
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tularemia comes from Tulare, a county in California where the disease was first found, plus the ending -emia meaning 'blood'. So tularemia was named after that place and refers to a serious infection often called 'rabbit fever' because it commonly affects rabbits.