Tularemia in Children, Turkey, September 2009–November 2012
Hasan Tezer, Aslınur Ozkaya-Parlakay

, Hakan Aykan, Mustafa Erkocoglu, Belgin Gülhan, Ahmet Demir, Saliha Kanik-Yuksek, Anil Tapisiz, Meltem Polat, Soner Kara, Ilker Devrim, and Selcuk Kilic
Author affiliations: Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey (H. Tezer, A. Tapisiz, M. Polat, S. Kara); Ankara Hematology Oncology Children’s Training and Research Hospital, Ankara (A. Ozkaya-Parlakay, H. Aykan, M. Erkocoglu, B. Gülhan, A. Demir, S. Kanik-Yuksek); Dr. Behcet Uz Children's Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey (I. Devrim); Public Health Institution of Turkey, Ankara (S. Kilic)
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Table 1
Clinical characteristics of 100 children with tularemia, Ankara, Turkey, September 2009–November 2012*
Characteristic |
No. children |
Clinical sign |
|
Cervical lymphadenopathy |
92 |
Unilateral |
73 |
Bilateral |
19 |
Abdominal lymphadenopathy |
3 |
Tonsillitis |
55 |
Fever |
63 |
Conjunctivitis |
5 |
Ulceration |
5 |
Diarrhea |
4 |
Erythema nodosum
|
4
|
Disease form |
|
Oropharyngeal |
90 |
Ulceroglandular |
7 |
Oculoglandular |
3 |
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