Septicemic plague
Human disease caused by Yersinia pestis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Septicemic plague is one of the three forms of plague, and is caused by Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative species of bacterium. Septicemic plague is a systemic disease involving infection of the blood and is most commonly spread by bites from infected fleas. Septicemic plague can cause disseminated intravascular coagulation and is always fatal when untreated. The other varieties of the plague are bubonic plague and pneumonic plague.[1]
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Septicemic plague | |
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Other names | Septicaemic plague |
Septicemic plague resulting in necrosis | |
Specialty | Infectious diseases |
Symptoms | DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation) which causes : tissue death due to lack of circulation/perfusion to that tissue, bleeding into the skin and other organs, which can cause red and/or black patchy rash and hemoptysis/hermatemesis |
Complications | Gangrene |
Usual onset | 1 to 7 days after exposure |
Causes | Yersinia pestis |
Diagnostic method | Typically by finding the bacterium in fluid form from blood or sputum |
Treatment | With antibiotics and vaccination |
Prognosis | Invariably fatal when left untreated |
Deaths | Thousands of people each year, but only those who don't get helped by medication |
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