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Glandular tularemia

MedGen UID:
546997
•Concept ID:
C0275974
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: glandular tularemia; lymph node tularemia
SNOMED CT: Glandular tularemia (21857006)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000320

Definition

A tularemia that involves the lymph node. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Systematic Review: Clinical Features, Antimicrobial Treatment, and Outcomes of Human Tularemia, 1993-2023.
Nelson CA, Winberg J, Bostic TD, Davis KM, Fleck-Derderian S
Clin Infect Dis 2024 Jan 31;78(Suppl 1):S15-S28. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad736. PMID: 38294108
Clinical recognition and management of tularemia in Missouri: a retrospective records review of 121 cases.
Weber IB, Turabelidze G, Patrick S, Griffith KS, Kugeler KJ, Mead PS
Clin Infect Dis 2012 Nov 15;55(10):1283-90. Epub 2012 Aug 21 doi: 10.1093/cid/cis706. PMID: 22911645

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tularemia: an experience of 13 cases including a rare myocarditis in a referral center in Eastern Switzerland (Central Europe) and a review of the literature.
Frischknecht M, Meier A, Mani B, Joerg L, Kim OC, Boggian K, Strahm C
Infection 2019 Oct;47(5):683-695. Epub 2019 Jan 17 doi: 10.1007/s15010-019-01269-7. PMID: 30656604
Clinical and laboratory findings of tularemia: a retrospective analysis.
Koç S, Duygu F, Söğüt E, Gürbüzler L, Eyibilen A, Aladağ I
Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg 2012 Jan-Feb;22(1):26-31. doi: 10.5606/kbbihtisas.2012.005. PMID: 22339565
Water-borne outbreak of oropharyngeal and glandular tularemia in Georgia: investigation and follow-up.
Chitadze N, Kuchuloria T, Clark DV, Tsertsvadze E, Chokheli M, Tsertsvadze N, Trapaidze N, Lane A, Bakanidze L, Tsanava S, Hepburn MJ, Imnadze P
Infection 2009 Dec;37(6):514-21. Epub 2009 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s15010-009-8193-5. PMID: 19826763
Tularemia - Missouri, 2000-2007.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009 Jul 17;58(27):744-8. PMID: 19609248
Tularemia in otolaryngologic practice. An analysis of 127 cases.
Luotonen J, Syrjälä H, Jokinen K, Sutinen S, Salminen A
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986 Jan;112(1):77-80. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1986.03780010079015. PMID: 2866760

Diagnosis

Tularemia: an experience of 13 cases including a rare myocarditis in a referral center in Eastern Switzerland (Central Europe) and a review of the literature.
Frischknecht M, Meier A, Mani B, Joerg L, Kim OC, Boggian K, Strahm C
Infection 2019 Oct;47(5):683-695. Epub 2019 Jan 17 doi: 10.1007/s15010-019-01269-7. PMID: 30656604
Clinical and laboratory findings of tularemia: a retrospective analysis.
Koç S, Duygu F, Söğüt E, Gürbüzler L, Eyibilen A, Aladağ I
Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg 2012 Jan-Feb;22(1):26-31. doi: 10.5606/kbbihtisas.2012.005. PMID: 22339565
Water-borne outbreak of oropharyngeal and glandular tularemia in Georgia: investigation and follow-up.
Chitadze N, Kuchuloria T, Clark DV, Tsertsvadze E, Chokheli M, Tsertsvadze N, Trapaidze N, Lane A, Bakanidze L, Tsanava S, Hepburn MJ, Imnadze P
Infection 2009 Dec;37(6):514-21. Epub 2009 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s15010-009-8193-5. PMID: 19826763
Tularemia - Missouri, 2000-2007.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009 Jul 17;58(27):744-8. PMID: 19609248
Bronchial changes in airborne tularemia.
Syrjälä H, Sutinen S, Jokinen K, Nieminen P, Tuuponen T, Salminen A
J Laryngol Otol 1986 Oct;100(10):1169-76. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100100775. PMID: 3772243

Therapy

Successful treatment of glandular tularemia with azithromycin in a pregnant woman in Austria.
Schubert L, Koelz M, Kussmann M, Metz-Schimmerl S, Tobudic S, Traby L, Vossen MG, Winkler S
Infection 2024 Jun;52(3):1181-1184. Epub 2024 Jan 11 doi: 10.1007/s15010-023-02160-2. PMID: 38206513Free PMC Article
Tularemia: an experience of 13 cases including a rare myocarditis in a referral center in Eastern Switzerland (Central Europe) and a review of the literature.
Frischknecht M, Meier A, Mani B, Joerg L, Kim OC, Boggian K, Strahm C
Infection 2019 Oct;47(5):683-695. Epub 2019 Jan 17 doi: 10.1007/s15010-019-01269-7. PMID: 30656604
Severe glandular tularemia in a patient treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor for psoriatic arthritis.
Calin R, Caumes E, Reibel F, Ali Mohamed A, Brossier F, Foltz V, Boussouar S, Fautrel B, Maurin M, Katlama C, Pourcher V
Int J Infect Dis 2017 Jul;60:1-3. Epub 2017 Apr 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.04.014. PMID: 28450199
Two cases of glandular tularemia from Turkey.
Bayhan-Taş GI, Tanir G, Celebi B
Turk J Pediatr 2012 Mar-Apr;54(2):203-6. PMID: 22734313
Tularemia in adults and children: a changing presentation.
Jacobs RF, Condrey YM, Yamauchi T
Pediatrics 1985 Nov;76(5):818-22. PMID: 4058993

Prognosis

Severe glandular tularemia in a patient treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor for psoriatic arthritis.
Calin R, Caumes E, Reibel F, Ali Mohamed A, Brossier F, Foltz V, Boussouar S, Fautrel B, Maurin M, Katlama C, Pourcher V
Int J Infect Dis 2017 Jul;60:1-3. Epub 2017 Apr 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.04.014. PMID: 28450199
Separating the chaff from the grain (Tularemia).
Hu R
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2012 Apr;16(4):554-8. PMID: 22696886
Tularemia - Missouri, 2000-2007.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009 Jul 17;58(27):744-8. PMID: 19609248
Glandular tularemia in a Native American child.
Collison PJ, Adams B
Ear Nose Throat J 2003 Nov;82(11):851-4. PMID: 14661434

Clinical prediction guides

Separating the chaff from the grain (Tularemia).
Hu R
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2012 Apr;16(4):554-8. PMID: 22696886
Water-borne outbreak of oropharyngeal and glandular tularemia in Georgia: investigation and follow-up.
Chitadze N, Kuchuloria T, Clark DV, Tsertsvadze E, Chokheli M, Tsertsvadze N, Trapaidze N, Lane A, Bakanidze L, Tsanava S, Hepburn MJ, Imnadze P
Infection 2009 Dec;37(6):514-21. Epub 2009 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s15010-009-8193-5. PMID: 19826763
Tularemia in adults and children: a changing presentation.
Jacobs RF, Condrey YM, Yamauchi T
Pediatrics 1985 Nov;76(5):818-22. PMID: 4058993

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