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Treatment of Tularemia in Pregnant Woman, France

A pregnant woman who had oropharyngeal tularemia underwent treatment with azithromycin and lymph node resection and recovered without obstetrical complication or infection in the child. Azithromycin represents a first-line treatment option for tularemia during pregnancy in regions where the infectin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dentan, Charlotte, Pavese, Patricia, Pelloux, Isabelle, Boisset, Sandrine, Brion, Jean-Paul, Stahl, Jean-Paul, Maurin, Max
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/PMC3713841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23735285
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1906.130138
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Sumario:A pregnant woman who had oropharyngeal tularemia underwent treatment with azithromycin and lymph node resection and recovered without obstetrical complication or infection in the child. Azithromycin represents a first-line treatment option for tularemia during pregnancy in regions where the infecting strains of Francisella tularensis have no natural resistance to macrolides.