| Title: |
Rombencephalitis caused by Francisella tularensis. |
| Authors: |
Barbaz, Mathilde; Piau, Caroline; Tadie, Jean Marc; Pelloux, Yves; Kayal, Samer; Tattevin, Pierre; Le Tulzo, Yves; Revest, Matthieu |
| Contributors: |
CHU Trousseau APHP; Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes CHU Rennes = Rennes University Hospital Pontchaillou; Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale Rennes = Infectious Disease and Intensive Care Rennes; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire CHU Grenoble (CHUGA) |
| Source: |
ISSN: 0095-1137 ; Journal of Clinical Microbiology ; https://univ-rennes.hal.science/hal-00904614 ; Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2013, 51 (10), pp.3454-5. ⟨10.1128/JCM.01018-13⟩. |
| Publisher Information: |
HAL CCSD; American Society for Microbiology |
| Publication Year: |
2013 |
| Collection: |
Université de Rennes 1: Publications scientifiques (HAL) |
| Subject Terms: |
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie |
| Description: |
International audience ; Common presentations of tularemia include pneumonia and ulceroglandular, oropharyngeal, or typhoidal disease. Neuromeningeal involvement is extremely rare. We report a case of a severe rhombencephalitis due to Francisella tularensis. Diagnosis was possible thanks to a very precise interview, and the patient dramatically improved after specific antibiotherapy. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/23903544; PUBMED: 23903544; PUBMEDCENTRAL: PMC3811669 |
| DOI: |
10.1128/JCM.01018-13 |
| Availability: |
https://univ-rennes.hal.science/hal-00904614; https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01018-13 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F383D437 |
| Database: |
BASE |