Tuberculosis or tularemia? A molecular study in cervical lymphadenitis

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Yildirim S., Turhan V., Karadenizli A., Onem Y., Karagoz E., Eroglu C., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.18, ss.47-51, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.09.004
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.47-51
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tularemia, Oropharyngeal tularemia, Francisella tularensis, Cervical lymphadenitis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, PCR, FRANCISELLA-TULARENSIS, OROPHARYNGEAL TULAREMIA, DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS, PCR, TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS, COMPLEX, ASSAY
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: 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.