A Case of Tularemia Meningitis in Sweden
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 22 (1) , 95-99
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365549009023126
Abstract
Tularemia meningitis occurred in a previously healthy 64-year-old man from Northern Sweden. The patient was immunocompetent and recovered without sequelae. The bacterial isolate conformed by most criteria with the Euro-Asian biovar Francisella tularensis var, palaearctica. Tularemia meningitis may mimic meningitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Keywords
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