tularemia…

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deer ticks, ticks, tick imbedded, in the skin, antibodies, deerfly fever, rabbit fever, tularemia, infection common in wild rodents, organism francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by contact, animal tissues, ticks, humans, contract tularemia, in the following ways, direct contact, an infected animal, carcass via broken skin, bite of an infected flea, tick, ingesting infected meat, rare, endemic areas, areas, disorder occurs most commonly, north america, parts of europe, asia, illness, several weeks, onset of symptoms, develop an atypical pneumonia, risk factors include recent exposure to rabbits, recent a tick bite, disease is very rare, francisella tularensis, considered a potential bioterrorism agent, an aerosol release would be the most likely method, would result, large number of pneumonia cases several weeks after exposure, red spot on the skin, enlarging to an ulcer, enlarged lymph nodes of groin, armpits, headache, muscle pains, conjunctivitis, shortness of breath, fever, chills, sweating, weight loss, joint stiffness, serology, tularemia, blood culture, tularemia, chest x-ray, the results of febrile/cold agglutinins, goal of treatment, eliminate the infection, antibiotic therapy, streptomycin, tetracycline, commonly used in this infection, oral tetracycline, children, after all the permanent teeth have erupted, permanently discolor teeth, still forming, tularemia is fatal in, 5% of untreated cases, in less than 1%, meningitis, pneumonia, pericarditis, osteomyelitis, symptoms develop after a rodent bite, tick bite, exposure, flesh of a wild animal, a vaccine, people at high risk, trappers, hunters, laboratory workers who work, the organism, cronquist sd, tularemia, weapon, dermatol clin, 22(3), 313-20, vi-vii, long ss, pickering lk, prober cg, principles, practice of pediatric infectious diseases, new york, ny, elsevier, 917, cohen j, powderly wg, infectious diseases, new york, ny, elsevier, 1649-1653.