malinda Forum Guru
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| | 01/14/06 - 07:06 PM  
 
   
 
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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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| msyamp Forum Fanatic
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| | 01/14/06 - 07:10 PM  
 
   
 
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tularemia
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| krsna Forum Senior
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| | 01/15/06 - 06:12 AM  
 
   
 
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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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| sturge_weber Forum Guru
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| | 01/15/06 - 07:52 AM  
 
   
 
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tularemia, deer , rabbits, skinning, can cause, and it can also be caused by inhaling,tht is tularemia
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| drk1980 Forum Guru

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| | 01/15/06 - 08:34 AM  
 
   
 
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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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