Open AccessTuberculosis or tularemia? A molecular study in cervical lymphadenitis
Author(s) -
Şükrü Yıldırım,
Vedat Turhan,
Aynur Karadenizli,
Yalçın Önem,
Ergenekon Karagöz,
Cafer Eroğlu,
Faruk Çiftçi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.09.004
Subject(s) - tularemia , francisella tularensis , medicine , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculous lymphadenitis , christian ministry , cervical lymphadenopathy , dermatology , pathology , disease , biology , biochemistry , philosophy , theology , virulence , gene
Over the last two to three decades there has been a marked decrease in certain bacterial infections in Turkey. One of them is tuberculosis. Of note, statistics published by the Turkish Ministry of Health (MoH) show decreasing pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), but on the other hand, increasing extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). The most common form of EPTB is tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis (TCL). The increase in the number of TCL cases despite the decline in cases of PTB is seen as a paradoxical issue. In contrast there has been an increase in the number of oropharyngeal tularemia cases in the last decade in Turkey. The aim of this study was to draw attention to the importance of differentiating between TCL and tularemia lymphadenitis, because these diseases may have a similar histopathological appearance.
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