oculoglandular tularemia

oculoglandular tularemia
a type of tularemia whose primary site of entry is the conjunctival sac, characterized by conjunctivitis, itching, lacrimation, pain, enlargement of preauricular lymph nodes, and granulomatous corneal lesions that if untreated may result in perforation of the cornea and optic atrophy.

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