Tularemia: an experience of 13 cases including a rare myocarditis in a referral center in Eastern Switzerland (Central Europe) and a review of the literature.

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Abstract

Tularemia, a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis, can cause a broad spectrum of disease in humans including six major clinical presentations: the ulceroglandular, glandular, oculoglandular, oropharyngeal, typhoidal and pneumonic form. The epidemiology and ecology and thus transmission of tularemia are complex, depending on conditions unique to specific locations.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Infection

Title: Infection

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN (Electronic): 1439-0973

ISSN (Print): 0300-8126

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2019

Volume: 47

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

[2 ] Division of General Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

[3 ] Center of Laboratory Medicine (ZLM), Frohbergstrasse 3, 9001, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

[4 ] Division of Cardiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

[5 ] Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

[6 ] Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Carol.strahm@kssg.ch.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s15010-019-01269-7

DOI: 10.1007/s15010-019-01269-7

PubMed ID: 30656604

SO-VID: fd7a79d6-fd33-4c8a-8bad-5861e180e690

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Keywords: Tularemia,Pulmonary tularemia,Francisella tularensis,Oculoglandular tularemia,Glandular tularemia,Myocarditis

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Keywords: Tularemia, Pulmonary tularemia, Francisella tularensis, Oculoglandular tularemia, Glandular tularemia, Myocarditis

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