Tularemia epidemic in northwestern Spain: clinical description and therapeutic response.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
This study describes the clinical characteristics of tularemia in Spain's first epidemic outbreak and the therapeutic response and compares the efficacy of 3 antibiotics (streptomycin, ciprofloxacin, and doxycycline). For 142 cases of tularemia, the therapeutic failure rate was 22.5%; ciprofloxacin was the antibiotic with the lowest percentage of therapeutic failures and with the fewest side effects.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Disease Outbreaks
- Francisella tularensis
- Tularemia