Tularemia Presenting Solely with Cervical Lymphadenopathy and Fever.

Diagnostics (Basel)

Department of Medicine B for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Clinical Infectiology, University Hospital Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.

Published: August 2022

A 52-year-old German female presented with cervical lymphadenopathy and fever. Despite the initial symptom-presentation leading to the consideration of sarcoidosis, lymphoma, tuberculosis, and toxoplasmosis, an extensive serologic and histo- and molecular pathologic workup eventually indicated a likely diagnosis of tularemia. This case brings to light that tularemia is a diagnostic challenge and requires high reliance on the epidemiological context thorough patient history, and an extensive interdisciplinary diagnostic workup.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9407280PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12082000DOI Listing

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