infections
Tularemia
Spread through the bloodstream
Infection can spread through the bloodstream and infect the following: Lungs (causing pneumonia) Bone Membrane around the heart (causing Acute Pericarditis ) Membrane that lines the abdomen (causing Peritonitis ) Heart valves (causing Infective Endocarditis ) Tissues covering the brain and spinal cord (causing Acute Bacterial Meningitis ) Sometimes pus collects in the lungs, forming an Abscess in the Lungs . 