Pulmonary tularaemia: a differential diagnosis to lung cancer.

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary manifestations of tularaemia are reported to be infrequent in previous publications. During 2016, we noticed an increase in the number of hospitalised patients with pulmonary tularaemia in Eastern Norway. We aimed to investigate primary pulmonary tularaemia in Eastern Norway in terms of symptoms, radiological and microbiological findings, incidence and risk exposure. A retrospective analysis of consecutive primary pulmonary tularaemia cases from 2016 until 2018 was conducted. From 1 September, 2016 until 31 December, 2018, 22 patients were diagnosed with primary pulmonary tularaemia at Innlandet Hospital Trust, representing 48% of all reported tularaemia cases in the region. A peak annual incidence of 3.4 in 100 000 was found in 2017.All 22 patients lived in, or had recently visi

SUBMITTER: Kravdal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7322898 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature