An outbreak of tularemia in western Black Sea Region of Turkey

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dc.authoridGurcan, Saban/0000-0002-5052-481X
dc.authorwosidGurcan, Saban/D-2754-2017
dc.contributor.authorGürcan, S
dc.contributor.authorTatman-Otkun, M
dc.contributor.authorOtkun, M
dc.contributor.authorArikan, OK
dc.contributor.authorOzer, B
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:02:16Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:02:16Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to investigate the source and the size of a tularemia outbreak in a village located in a non-endemic area. Five patients from the same village were admitted to hospital with the same complaints all within one week of September 2001. Tularemia was suspected and a diagnosis was made after physical and anamnesis examinations. The village was visited the same week that the patients were admitted to the hospital, in the January and April 2002. The villagers were examined and screened serologically by microagglutination method and the water sources were investigated bacteriologically. A total of 14 people were found to be infected from the outbreak and the oropharyngeal form was the only clinical presentation. Antibody titers ranged between 1 : 80 and 1 : 640. The patients responded well to the aminoglycoside plus tetracycline therapy. Examination of the pipewater and three springs revealed that all the water sources were contaminated by coliforrns, however, Francisella tularensis could not be isolated in glucose-cystine. medium. Antibody levels stayed stable or decreased seven months after. Tularemia had not been reported in this area before, so the first patients were misdiagnosed. In conclusion tularemia should be considered in differential diagnosis of patients with fever, sore throat and cervical lymphadenopaties.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage22en_US
dc.identifier.issn0513-5796
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid15004863en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-17144468608en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage17en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21193
dc.identifier.volume45en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000220224200003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherYonsei Univ College Medicineen_US
dc.relation.ispartofYonsei Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectFrancisella Tularensisen_US
dc.subjectTularemiaen_US
dc.subjectOutbreaken_US
dc.titleAn outbreak of tularemia in western Black Sea Region of Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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