The great tularemia outbreak in Sivas: Evaluation of 205 cases

dc.authoridbolat, serkan/0000-0002-8669-8782
dc.authoridaldemir, ozlem/0000-0002-9356-7510
dc.contributor.authorKiymaz, Yasemin Cakir
dc.contributor.authorBolat, Serkan
dc.contributor.authorKatirci, Bilge
dc.contributor.authorAldemir, Ozlem
dc.contributor.authorAltinkaya, Isik
dc.contributor.authorOzcan, Merdan Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorHopoglu, Serhat Murat
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-04T16:47:13Z
dc.date.available2025-05-04T16:47:13Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentSivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to report a tularemia outbreak in Sivas and describe the epidemiological and diagnostic characteristics of the patients. Patients aged 18 and over followed up with a diagnosis of tularemia in Sivas Cumhuriyet University Hospital, Sivas Numune State Hospital, and Sivas State Hospital Infectious Diseases Outpatient Clinics and wards between November 2023 and May 2024 were evaluated. 205 adult patients with tularemia were included. The most common symptoms were sore throat (73.2 %, n=150), swelling in the neck (70.2 %, n = 144), and fatigue (55.1 %, n = 113). The most common form was oropharyngeal (82.4 %, n = 169) and glandular (14.6 %, n = 30). Lymphadenopathy was detected in 182 (88.8 %) patients, the most is cervical lymphadenopathy (60 %, n = 123). Lymph node drainage/excision was performed on 50 patients (24.3 %). There have been no deaths in this outbreak. This study presents patient data from the tularemia outbreak in Sivas.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116585
dc.identifier.issn0732-8893
dc.identifier.issn1879-0070
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid39549306
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85209134280
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116585
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/35538
dc.identifier.volume111
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001359264700001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science Inc
dc.relation.ispartofDiagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250504
dc.subjectFrancisella tularensis
dc.subjectoutbreak
dc.subjecttularemia
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleThe great tularemia outbreak in Sivas: Evaluation of 205 cases
dc.typeArticle

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