Fatal human plague--Arizona and Colorado, 1996.
In 1996, five cases of human plague, of which two were fatal, were reported in the United States; both decedents had septicemic plague that was not diagnosed until after they died. This report summarizes the investigation of the two fatal cases and underscores the need for health-care providers in areas with endemic plague to maintain a high level of awareness about the risk for plague in their patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology; D003120:Colorado / Q000453:epidemiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010930:Plague / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000302:isolation & purification