Name
TULAREMIA
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. : * SKIN LESIONS MAY RESEMBLE - - SPOROTRICHOSIS - SKIN INFECTED WITH STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS - STREPTOCOCCUS PYROGENES - MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM - SYPHILIS - ANTHRAX - RAT BITE FEVER - RICKETTSIOSIS * LYMPHADENOPATHY SHOULD BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM : - PLAGUE - LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM - CAT SCRATH DISEASE * OROPHARYNGEAL TULAREMIA FROM : - THROAT INFECTION - INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS * TULAREMIA PNEUMONIA FROM : - OTHER CAUSES OF PNEUMONIA * TYPHOIDAL TULAREMIA FROM : - TYPHOID FEVER - RICKETTSIAL INFECTION - BRUCELLOSIS - INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS - ACQUIRED TOXOPLASMOSIS - MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS - SARCOIDOSIS - HAEMATOLOGIC & RETICULOENDOTHELIAL MALIGNANCIESOTHER TEST : * DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF ORGANISM IN TISSUE SAMPLES OR CLINICAL SPECIMENS * SEROLOGICAL TEST BY TUBE AGGLUTINATION METHOD * MICROAGGLUTINATION TEST * ELISA TEST * SKIN TEST FOR DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY - NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE * CULTURE & ISOLATION OF BACTERIA - DIFFICULT. DONE ON CYSTEINE GLUCOSE BLOOD AGAR
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
BLOOD CULTURE, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, BIOPSY, ELISA TEST