Abstract
Tularemia is zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis. Most of the cases in Turkey are the oropharyngeal form but a few cases of glandular tularemia have been reported. We present a 4-year-old patient with intestinal invagination caused by mesenteric adenitis due to glandular tularemia. There are a few reports on mesenteric adenitis due to tularemia but none had invagination. We felt our case deserved to be presented as it is the first such case
Keywords: Child, Glandular, Invagination, Mesenteric lymphadenitis, Tularemia
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