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AI InsightIn this study, a tularaemia case which has been fistulised to head and neck skin, which has not recovered despite various antibiotherapies, and which has a contaminated water consumption history has been presented.
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Abstract
Tularaemia is a zoonosis encountered rarely in otorhinolaryngology clinic and has several forms; ulcer glandular, oropharyngeal, pneumatic and septic tularaemia. Tularaemia is a zoonosis causd by Francisella tularensis. F. Tularensis is an immobile, gram-negative coccobacillus. The disease might be transmitted through contaminated water, rodents, lagomorphs, acaridaes, gnats, and tortoises, sheep, cows, birds and reindeers. In this study, a tularaemia case which has been fistulised to head and neck skin, which has not recovered despite various antibiotherapies, and which has a contaminated water consumption history has been presented.
Özet
Tularemi Kulak Burun ve Boğaz (KBB) kliniklerinde nadir olarak görülen bir zoonozdur ve çeşitli formları mevcutdur; ülseroglandüler, orofarengeal, pnömotik ve septik form. Tularemi, etkeni Francisella tularensis olan zoonotik bir hastalıktır. Francisella tularensis gram-negatif, hareketsiz bir kokobasildir. Hastalığın bulaş yolları; kirli sular, kemirgenler, tavşan, kene, sivrisinek, kaplumbağa, koyun, inek, kuşlar ve geyik gibi hayvanlardır. Bu çalışmamızda baş boyun cildine fistülize olmuş ve aldığı çeşitli antibiyoterapilere rağmen düzelmeyen ve kontamine su tüketimi hikayesi olan bir tularemi olgusu sunulmuştur.