Treatment failure of gentamicin in pediatric patients with oropharyngeal tularemia

KAYA A. , UYSAL İ. Ö. , GÜVEN A. S. , ENGİN A. , GÜLTÜRK A., İÇAĞASIOĞLU F. D. , ...Daha Fazla

MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR, cilt.17, 2011 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 17 Konu: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12659/msm.881848
  • Dergi Adı: MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR

Özet

Background: Tularemia is a zoonotic infection, and the causative agent is Francisella tularensis. A first-line therapy for treating tularemia is aminoglycosides (streptomycin or, more commonly, gentamicin), and treatment duration is typically 7 to 10 days, with longer courses for more severe cases.