Tularemia with vesicular skin lesions may be mistaken for infection with herpes viruses

Carrie L. Byington; Jeffrey M. Bender; Krow Ampofo; Andrew T. Pavia; Kent Korgenski; Judy Daly; John C. Christenson; Elisabeth Adderson

doi:10.1086/588843

Tularemia with vesicular skin lesions may be mistaken for infection with herpes viruses

Carrie L. Byington, Jeffrey M. Bender, Krow Ampofo, Andrew T. Pavia, Kent Korgenski, Judy Daly, John C. Christenson, Elisabeth Adderson

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Abstract

The original reports of human infection with Francisella tularensis noted vesicular skin rash as a manifestation. We present 2 cases of tularemia initially diagnosed as herpes simplex or varicella zoster infection. Clinicians must recognize the cutaneous manifestations of tularemia and be able to distinguish these from lesions seen with herpes viruses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e4-e6
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	47
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/588843
State	Published - Jul 1 2008

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