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 diagnosis of tularemia is made by a thorough clinical evaluation, a detailed patient history, and a variety of tests that may include an attempt to isolate the bacteria from blood or body tissue or through specialized blood tests (serologic tests) that measure the bodyâs immune system response against the bacterium.