Long-Lasting Fever and Lymphadenitis: Think about F. tularensis

Abstract EN

We report the case of glandular tularemia that developed in a man supposedly infected by a tick bite in Western Switzerland.

Francisella tularensis (F.

tularensis) was identified.

In Europe tularemia most commonly manifests itself as ulcero-glandular or glandular disease; the diagnosis of tularemia may be delayed in glandular form where skin or mucous lesion is absent, particularly in areas which are assumed to have a low incidence of the disease.