Treatment of Tularemia in Patient with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease

We describe a case of human tularemia caused by Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in a stem cell transplant recipient with chronic graft-versus-host disease who was receiving levofloxacin prophylaxis. The infection was characterized by pneumonia with septic complications. The patient was succ...

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Autores principales: Weile, Jan, Seibold, Erik, Knabbe, Cornelius, Kaufmann, Martin, Splettstoesser, Wolf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23647853
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.120377
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author Weile, Jan
Seibold, Erik
Knabbe, Cornelius
Kaufmann, Martin
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description We describe a case of human tularemia caused by Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in a stem cell transplant recipient with chronic graft-versus-host disease who was receiving levofloxacin prophylaxis. The infection was characterized by pneumonia with septic complications. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline.
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spelling pubmed-36474922013-05-14 Treatment of Tularemia in Patient with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Weile, Jan Seibold, Erik Knabbe, Cornelius Kaufmann, Martin Splettstoesser, Wolf Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We describe a case of human tularemia caused by Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in a stem cell transplant recipient with chronic graft-versus-host disease who was receiving levofloxacin prophylaxis. The infection was characterized by pneumonia with septic complications. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3647492/ /pubmed/23647853 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.120377 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Treatment of Tularemia in Patient with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
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title_full Treatment of Tularemia in Patient with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
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title_short Treatment of Tularemia in Patient with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
title_sort treatment of tularemia in patient with chronic graft-versus-host disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647492/
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