Pleuropulmonary tularemia: successful treatment with erythromycin

South Med J. 1990 Nov;83(11):1363-4. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199011000-00040.

Abstract

A 64-year-old man had community-acquired pneumonia that was retrospectively diagnosed as pleuropulmonary tularemia. He was successfully treated with erythromycin. We review the case and briefly discuss the literature on this point.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Erythromycin / administration & dosage
  • Erythromycin / therapeutic use*
  • Francisella tularensis / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pleuropneumonia / drug therapy*
  • Pleuropneumonia / immunology
  • Pleuropneumonia / microbiology
  • Tularemia / complications
  • Tularemia / drug therapy*
  • Tularemia / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Erythromycin