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An outbreak of oropharyngeal tularaemia linked to natural spring water

Journal of Medical Microbiology, ISSN: 0022-2615, Vol: 58, Issue: 1, Page: 112-116
2009
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    3
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A tularaemia outbreak was investigated involving 188 suspected cases in the Kocaeli region of Turkey between December 2004 and April 2005. A case-control study comprising 135 laboratory-confirmed cases and 55 controls was undertaken to identify risk factors for the development of the outbreak and to evaluate laboratory diagnostic methods. Tularaemia was confirmed by a microagglutination test (MAT) titre of ≥1 : 160 in 90 of the patients. In MAT-negative sera, 23/44 (52 %) were positive by ELISA with Francisella tularensis LPS and 1/9 (11 %) by Western blotting with this antigen. A species-specific PCR was positive in 16/25 (64%) throat swabs and 8/13 (62%) lymph node aspirates. Multivariate analysis showed that drinking natural spring water was the leading risk factor for the development of tularaemia (P=0.0001, odds ratio 0.165, 95% CI 0.790-0.346). The outbreak ceased after abandonment of the suspected natural water springs. © 2009 SGM.

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A. Willke; M. Meric; R. Grunow; M. Sayan; E. J. Finke; W. Splettstöber; E. Seibold; S. Erdoǧan; O. Ergonul; Z. Yumuk; S. Gedikoglu

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