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A 54-year-old truck driver in Oklahoma collides with a deer on the highway. He takes the deer home and

butchers it. Five days later, he develops fever, non-productive cough, shortness of breath, and generalized

lymphadenopathy. No skin lesions are noted. What is the most likely diagnosis?



A. Anthrax

B. Leptospirosis

C. Pasteurella multocida infection

D. Plague

E. Tularemia




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tularemia

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i sure do agree with u...but my ans was more of a gut feeling than anything else....could u elucidate on this one pls...i'ld really appreciate it...thnx anyways.

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tularemia, deer , rabbits, skinning, can cause, and it can also be caused by inhaling,tht is tularemia

  #5

tularemia= 'ulceroglandular' disease. watch out for granulomatous lymph node swellings.
Other than inhalation if by a tick bite....ulcer at the bite site.







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