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Tularemia in All Ages
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Emergency: requires immediate attention

Tularemia in All Ages

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Synopsis

Tularemia (rabbit fever, hunter's disease, deer fever) is caused by Francisella tularensis, has a wide geographic distribution, and is acquired from direct contact with the fluids of carriers or through insect vectors. There are 6 major clinical patterns of tularemia: glandular, ulceroglandular (most common), oculoglandular, typhoidal, pneumonic, and oropharyngeal. Any form of tularemia can be complicated by hematogenous spread, with abrupt onset of fever, headache, chills and rigors, myalgia, coryza, and sore throat, often with pulse-temperature dissociation. Complications include ARDS, renal failure, rhabdomyolysis, hepatitis, and DIC.

Codes

ICD10CM:
A21.9 – Tularemia, unspecified

SNOMEDCT:
19265001 – Tularemia

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Emergency: requires immediate attention
Tularemia in All Ages
A medical illustration showing key findings of Tularemia (Ulceroglandular) : Chills, Fever, Headache, Eschar, Myalgia, Tender lymphadenopathy, Skin ulceration
Clinical image of Tularemia - imageId=233146. Click to open in gallery.  caption: 'A close-up of an erythematous plaque with a central early eschar.'
A close-up of an erythematous plaque with a central early eschar.
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