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Francisella tularensis Bacteremia : A Case Report from Sudan
Joint Authors
Mohamed, Salma E. R.
Mubarak, Aymun I.
Alfarooq, Lamia O.
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-2, 2 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-07-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
2
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent intracellular gram-negative bacterium.
The organism is usually isolated from wild and domestic animals and invertebrate.
Man gets infection by direct contact with those animals or their products but the most common mode of transmission is via arthropod vectors.
The disease is endemic in North America, parts of Europe, and Asia but has never been reported in Africa.
A 29-year old male living in a rural area of Southern Sudan has been maintained on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for two years.
He presented to our center in May 2010 complaining of fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, and abdominal discomfort for four days.
He was very ill, pale, and dehydrated.
There were enlarged tender submandibular lymph nodes, but no mouth ulcers or other palpable lymph nodes.
Peritonitis was excluded by effluent white blood cell count and culture.
Empiric antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxon, and ciprofloxacin was started.
Gram-negative coccobacilli were isolated by blood culture.
The organism was identified as Francisella tularensis.
We started him on a ten-day course of gentamicin after which he improved.
This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported case of bacteremia caused by Francisella tularensis in Sudan.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mohamed, Salma E. R.& Mubarak, Aymun I.& Alfarooq, Lamia O.. 2012. Francisella tularensis Bacteremia : A Case Report from Sudan. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-2.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mohamed, Salma E. R.…[et al.]. Francisella tularensis Bacteremia : A Case Report from Sudan. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-2.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Mohamed, Salma E. R.& Mubarak, Aymun I.& Alfarooq, Lamia O.. Francisella tularensis Bacteremia : A Case Report from Sudan. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-2.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469498
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-469498