infectious diseases
Tularemia
Prognosis for Tularemia
Case fatality is almost nil in treated cases and about 6% in untreated cases of ulceroglandular tularemia. Case fatality rates are higher for type A infection and for typhoidal, septicemic, and pneumonic tularemia; they are as high as 33% for untreated cases. Death usually results from overwhelming infection, pneumonia, meningitis, or peritonitis. Relapses can occur in inadequately treated cases. One attack confers immunity. 