Paediatric oropharyngeal tularaemia requiring surgical intervention

• Main Authors: Nemmour, Amina, Bakri, Adzreil, Fischer, Claude A., Brand, Yves
• Format: Article
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine; RF Otorhinolaryngology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23865/; https://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/9/e229754
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Tularaemia is a rare infectious disease endemic in most European countries caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. 1 Patients often show acute non-specific symptoms, which causes a delay in diagnosis and proper treatment, potentially resulting in significant morbidities such as deep neck abs...