PEDIATRICS Vol. 36 No. 2 August 1965, pp. 270-272
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Oculoglandular Tularemia: Transmission from Rabbit, through Dog and Tick to Man

WALTER T. HUGHES JR. M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, 326 E. Chestnut Street Louisville 2, Kentucky

A case of oculoglandular tularemia is reported. Three days after the patient's dog caught a rabbit, a tick was removed from the animal and in so doing blood from the tick was injected into the boy's eye. Conjunctival inflammation was apparent 1 day later and fever occurred 4 days after inoculation. The patient was not in contact with the rabbit. Signs and symptoms rapidly abated with streptomycin therapy.




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