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Tularemia glandular

Tularemia Disease caused by a bacterial agent. Examples include ulceroglan-dular tularemia, glandular tularemia, typhoidal tularemia, oculoglandular tularemia, oropharyngeal tularemia, and pneumonic tularemia. [Pg.25]

Ulceroglandular tularemia is the most common form. It comprises 70 to 75% of all cases. Pneumonic tularemia is the next most common (8 to 13%), followed by glandular tularemia (5 to 12%). The other forms are less common. Typhoidal tularemia has the highest mortality rate and as a result is the most likely to be used by terrorists. Exposure causes acute onset of fever, chills, headache, vomiting, and diarrhea. Skin lesions and swollen lymph nodes are not usual. This is a systemic disease and is the only form of tularemia in which diarrhea is usually seen.3... [Pg.99]


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