Tularemia

Disease	Injury	Nutrition	Poison

Special Topic	Surgery	Symptoms	Test

Deer ticks

Ticks

Tick imbedded in the skin

Tularemia

Alternative Names:

Deerfly fever; Rabbit fever

Symptoms:

red spot on the skin, enlarging to an ulcer
enlarged lymph nodes of groin or armpits
headache
muscle pains
possible conjunctivitis
shortness of breath
fever
chills
sweating
weight loss
joint stiffness

Signs and tests:

serology for tularemia
blood culture for tularemia
chest X-ray

This disease may also alter the results of febrile/cold agglutinins.

Review Date: 8/14/2002
Reviewed By: Donna R. Cooper, MD, MPH. Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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