Septicemic plague in a community hospital in California.
Diagnosis of a case of septicemic plague acquired in rural California was delayed because of a series of confounding events, resulting in concern about reliance on community hospitals as sentinels for detecting potential bioterrorism-related events. An epizootic study confirmed the peridomestic source of Yersinia pestis infection.
Margolis
David A
DA
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
Burns
Joseph
J
Reed
Sharon L
SL
Ginsberg
Michele M
MM
O'Grady
Terrence C
TC
Vinetz
Joseph M
JM
D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D010930:Plague / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy