Septicemic plague

Septicemic plague

Septicemic (or septicaemic) plague is a deadly blood infection by yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium.

Pathophysiology

The disease can result from bubonic and pneumonic plague when bacteria enter the blood from the lymphatic and respiratory systems, respectively. Like other forms of gram-negative sepsis, septicemic plague can cause disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and is frequently fatal.

ee also

*Septicemia
*Meningococcemia


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