Treatment of Tularemia in Pregnant Woman, France
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چکیده
A pregnant woman who had oropharyngeal tularemia underwent treatment with azithromycin and lymph node resection and recovered without obstetrical complication or infection in the child. Azithromycin represents a first-line treatment option for tularemia during pregnancy in regions where the infecting strains of Francisella tularensis have no natural resistance to macrolides.
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دوره 19 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013