Pediatric Tularemia-A Case Series From a Single Center in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of tularemia has recently increased throughout Europe. Pediatric tularemia typically presents with ulceroglandular or glandular disease and requires antimicrobial therapy not used in the empirical management of childhood acute lymphadenitis. We describe the clinical presentation and course in a case series comprising 20 patients.

Methods

This is a retrospective analysis of a single-center case series of microbiologically confirmed tularemia in patients <16 years of age diagnosed between 2010 and 2021.

Results

Nineteen patients (95%) presented with ulceroglandular (n = 14) or glandular disease (n = 5), respectively. A characteristic entry site lesion (eschar) was present in 14 (74%). Fever was present at illness onset in 15 patients (75%) and d

SUBMITTER: Schobi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9301579 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature