Table 1. Clinical characteristics of 100 children with tularemia, Ankara, Turkey, September 2009–November 2012*.
Characteristic | No. children |
---|---|
Clinical sign | |
Cervical lymphadenopathy | 92 |
Unilateral | 73 |
Bilateral | 19 |
Abdominal lymphadenopathy | 3 |
Tonsillitis | 55 |
Fever | 63 |
Conjunctivitis | 5 |
Ulceration | 5 |
Diarrhea | 4 |
Erythema nodosum |
4 |
Disease form | |
Oropharyngeal | 90 |
Ulceroglandular | 7 |
Oculoglandular | 3 |
*Mean patient age was 10.1 ± 3.5 years; 63 boys, 37 girls.