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Unique Case of Disseminated Plague With Multifocal Osteomyelitis.
Tovar Padua, Leidy; Kamali, Amanda; Kim, Hannah; Green, Nicole M; Civen, Rachel; Schwartz, Benjamin; Krogstad, Paul; Deville, Jaime; Yeganeh, Nava; Lugo, Debra; Baker, Amira; Soni, Priya; Cho, Catherine; Svircic, Natalia; Dry, Sarah; Seeger, Leanne; Lloyd, Jessica; Deukmedjian, Grace; Bowen, Richard; Hale, Gillian; Zaki, Sherif R; Mead, Paul; Nielsen-Saines, Karin.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc ; 6(3): e165-e168, 2017 Sep 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28379405

ABSTRACT

Plague is a disease caused by Yersinia pestis. Septicemic and pneumonic plague have a high mortality rate if untreated. Here we describe the challenges of accurately diagnosing a nonfatal pediatric case of septicemic plague with involvement of multiple organs; to our knowledge, the first documented case of multifocal plague osteomyelitis.


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Osteomyelitis/etiology , Plague/complications , Adolescent , Biopsy , Humans , Los Angeles , Male , Osteomyelitis/pathology , Plague/pathology , Sepsis/microbiology , Sepsis/pathology , Tibia/pathology
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