Typhoidal Tularemia: 2 Familial Cases
Eastern France was not known as a region endemic for tularemia until year 2006. We report on 2 cases of typhoidal tularemia in Eastern France, a 43-year-old hospitalized woman and her husband. Diagnosis was established after fever clearance on serodiagnosis criteria. The source of infection is uncle...
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| author | J. F. Faucher C. Chirouze C. Coutris C. Fery-Blanco M. Maurin B. Hoen |
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| description | Eastern France was not known as a region endemic for tularemia until year 2006. We report on 2 cases of typhoidal tularemia in Eastern France, a 43-year-old hospitalized woman and her husband. Diagnosis was established after fever clearance on serodiagnosis criteria. The source of infection is unclear. As persons in the same family may likely be exposed to a common zoonotic source of infection, tularemia should be considered in the etiologies of familial fever epidemics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a619c5c5cf734459a66b6b26da24fe502025-02-03T05:52:21ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332012-01-01201210.1155/2012/214215214215Typhoidal Tularemia: 2 Familial CasesJ. F. Faucher0C. Chirouze1C. Coutris2C. Fery-Blanco3M. Maurin4B. Hoen5Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, FranceService des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, FranceService des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, FranceService des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, FranceCNR Francisella Tularensis, Université Joseph Fourier, BP217, 38043 Grenoble, FranceService des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, FranceEastern France was not known as a region endemic for tularemia until year 2006. We report on 2 cases of typhoidal tularemia in Eastern France, a 43-year-old hospitalized woman and her husband. Diagnosis was established after fever clearance on serodiagnosis criteria. The source of infection is unclear. As persons in the same family may likely be exposed to a common zoonotic source of infection, tularemia should be considered in the etiologies of familial fever epidemics.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/214215 |
| spellingShingle | J. F. Faucher C. Chirouze C. Coutris C. Fery-Blanco M. Maurin B. Hoen Typhoidal Tularemia: 2 Familial Cases Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Typhoidal Tularemia: 2 Familial Cases |
| title_full | Typhoidal Tularemia: 2 Familial Cases |
| title_fullStr | Typhoidal Tularemia: 2 Familial Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Typhoidal Tularemia: 2 Familial Cases |
| title_short | Typhoidal Tularemia: 2 Familial Cases |
| title_sort | typhoidal tularemia 2 familial cases |
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