Tetracyclines for Treatment of Tularemia: A Case Series

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 3;5(9):ofy176. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy176. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Abstract

Tetracyclines for tularemia have been associated with higher failure rates. There were 48 cases of tularemia at the University of Missouri between 1988 and 2015. We retrospectively analyzed 17 patients with tularemia who were successfully treated with tetracyclines, and 9 of these patients also underwent aspiration or incision and drainage.

Keywords: relapse; tetracyclines; treatment failure; tularemia.