When doctors describe your brain scan as a “starry sky,” it’s not good TB is the deadliest infection in the world—but it doesn't often look like this.

PET and CT scans showing inflammation and the effects of pyrazinamide in the lungs of a patient with tuberculosis. Credit: Y.L. Xie et al., Science Translational Medicine (2021) ...

New tool for an old disease: Use of PET and CT scans may help develop shorter TB treatment Date: February 24, 2020 Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Summary: Experts believe that tuberculosis, or TB ...

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However, PET CT scans can also pick up non-cancerous conditions like infections, Tuberculosis (TB), inflammation, etc, leading to unnecessary scares and anxiety.

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In Connecticut and nationwide, tuberculosis cases are rising, exposing health disparities and emphasizing the need to treat active and latent infections.

CT scans of a patient with tuberculosis, taken in November 2002 in New Jersey, show damage to the lungs.

State health officials said that tuberculosis cases were stable in Connecticut in the wake of reports that the country saw an increase.

Tuberculosis and pneumonia – potentially serious infections which mainly affect the lungs – often require a combination of tests like CT scans, blood tests, X-rays and ultrasounds to diagnose.