Tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. [4] Symptoms may include fever , skin ulcers , and enlarged lymph nodes . [ 3 ] Occasionally, a form that results in pneumonia or a throat infection may occur.

2024年5月15日 · Tularemia is a potentially serious illness caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. People can become infected in several different ways, including tick and deer fly bites, and contact with infected animals (especially rodents, rabbits, and hares).

2022年8月25日 · Tularemia is a highly infectious disease you get from the bacterium F. tularensis. You can get it from bug bites, infected animals, contaminated water or food, and particles of bacteria in the air. Tularemia can affect your skin, eyes, throat, lungs and intestines. Tularemia should be treated as soon as possible with antibiotics. What is tularemia?

2023年7月17日 · Tularemia is an acute febrile zoonotic illness caused by the highly infectious Gram-negative organism Francisella tularensis. It is important to maintain a high degree of clinical suspicion for tularemia infections as symptoms can vary depending on the route of infection.

2024年5月15日 · The signs and symptoms of tularemia vary depending on how the bacteria enter the body. Illness ranges from mild to life-threatening. All forms are accompanied by fever, which can be as high as 104 °F.

2023年5月28日 · Tularemia is a rare infectious disease that can attack your skin, lungs, eyes, and lymph nodes. Sometimes it’s called rabbit fever or deer fly fever. It’s caused by a bacteria called Francisella...

2024年5月15日 · Tularemia is caused by infection with the bacteria Francisella tularensis. Ticks that transmit F. tularensis bacteria to humans include the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis), Rocky Mountain wood tick (D. andersoni), …

2020年2月7日 · Tularemia is an infectious disease in wild rodents, squirrels, and rabbits. Humans can be infected if they’re bitten. Learn how you can prevent it.

2023年8月2日 · Tularemia (rabbit fever) is an infection caused by the Francisella tularensis bacteria. Symptoms include fever, headache, and rash. Read about diagnosis, treatment, and its possible use in bioterrorism.

Tularemia is a febrile disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis; it may resemble typhoid fever. Symptoms are a primary local ulcerative lesion, regional lymphadenopathy, profound systemic symptoms, and, occasionally, atypical pneumonia. Diagnosis is primarily epidemiologic and clinical and supported by serologic tests.