Tularemia epidemic in northwestern Spain:: Clinical description and therapeutic response

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作者
Pérez-Castrillón, JL [1 ]
Bachiller-Luque, P [1 ]
Martín-Luquero, M [1 ]
Mena-Martín, FJ [1 ]
Herreros, V [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Valladolid, Rio Hortega Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Valladolid 47010, Spain
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D O I
10.1086/322601
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 [免疫学];
摘要
This study describes the clinical characteristics of tularemia in Spain's first epidemic outbreak and the therapeutic response and compares the efficacy of 3 antibiotics (streptomycin, ciprofloxacin, and doxycycline). For 142 cases of tularemia, the therapeutic failure rate was 22.5%; ciprofloxacin was the antibiotic with the lowest percentage of therapeutic failures and with the fewest side effects.
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