What is a PET/CT scan? Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computed Tomography (CT) scans are both standard imaging tools that physicians use to pinpoint disease states in the body. A PET scan images the cellular activity of the body at a very early stage, often before anatomical changes take place.
Tularemia is a rare infectious disease that typically attacks the skin, eyes, lymph nodes and lungs. Tularemia â also called rabbit fever or deer fly fever â is caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis.
A common type of tularemia is ulceroglandular tularemia, which normally results from the bite of infected ticks, or contact between broken skin and F. tularensis. A more severe form of the disease, pneumonic tularemia, is caused by inhalation of the bacteria. common type of tularemia is ulceroglandular tularemia, which normally results from the bite of infected ticks, or contact between broken skin and F. tularensis. A more severe form of the disease, pneumonic tularemia, is caused by inhalation of the bacteria.