Confirmed Case of Longstanding Respiratory Francisella tularensis holarctica Infection: Nebraska, 2022.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 38294112.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/cid/ciad669 and PMC identifier 10828931.
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Abstract
A male patient with distant history of extensive rabbit contact and pulmonary nodules for 6 years developed empyema. Francisella tularensis holarctica was isolated from thoracentesis fluid. Retrospective immunohistochemical examination of a pulmonary nodule, biopsied 3 years prior, was immunoreactive for F. tularensis. These findings suggest the potential for chronic tularemia.
Medical subject headings
- Tularemia
- Francisella tularensis
- Multiple Pulmonary Nodules