An epidemic of tularemia in the Nish area

Tularaemia, as a rare disease, surprised medical workers in 1999 and 2000 when it was detected and diagnosed in 31 patients. In 1999 patients were registered in villages of the Sokobanja community, and in 2000 also in other communities in the district of Nish. Patients were peasants, mostly housewiv...

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Published in:	Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo Vol. 130; no. 3-4; pp. 91 - 94
Main Authors:	Kostić, Velimir, Jovanović, Branislav, Krstić, Milijanka, Jovanović, Maja, Skorić, Snezana, Velicković, Zoran, Lako, Branislav
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Serbian
Published:	Serbia 01-03-2002
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Male Middle Aged Tularemia - diagnosis Tularemia - epidemiology Yugoslavia - epidemiology Yugoslavia
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Summary:	Tularaemia, as a rare disease, surprised medical workers in 1999 and 2000 when it was detected and diagnosed in 31 patients. In 1999 patients were registered in villages of the Sokobanja community, and in 2000 also in other communities in the district of Nish. Patients were peasants, mostly housewives. Glandular form of the disease was dominant. The main clinical symptoms were: tonsillitis, pain in the region of enlarged lymphatic glands and temperature, Biohumoral syndrome presented accelerated sedimentation of erythrocytes and elevated fibrinogen values. Antibody titer of Francisella tularensis was extremely high in the majority of patients. The disease was cured in all patients: in 27 patients after the first therapy, in 4 subjects after recidivation and 5 patients were surgically treated.
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ISSN:	0370-8179