Treatment of Tularemia in Patient with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease

We describe a case of human tularemia caused by Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in a stem cell transplant recipient with chronic graft-versus-host disease who was receiving levofloxacin prophylaxis. The infection was characterized by pneumonia with septic complications. The patient was succ...

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Main Authors: Weile, Jan, Seibold, Erik, Knabbe, Cornelius, Kaufmann, Martin, Splettstoesser, Wolf
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647492/