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Unique Case of Disseminated Plague With Multifocal Osteomyelitis.

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Tovar Padua, L; Kamali, A; Kim, H; Green, NM; Civen, R; Schwartz, B; Krogstad, P; Deville, J; Yeganeh, N; Lugo, D; Baker, A; Soni, P; Cho, C ...
Published in: J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
September 1, 2017

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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J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc

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EISSN

2048-7207

Publication Date

September 1, 2017

Volume

6

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e165 / e168

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Tibia
  • Sepsis
  • Plague
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Male
  • Los Angeles
  • Humans
  • Biopsy
  • Adolescent
  • 3213 Paediatrics
 

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Tovar Padua, L., Kamali, A., Kim, H., Green, N. M., Civen, R., Schwartz, B., … Nielsen-Saines, K. (2017). Unique Case of Disseminated Plague With Multifocal Osteomyelitis. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 6(3), e165–e168. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/pix007
Tovar Padua, Leidy, Amanda Kamali, Hannah Kim, Nicole M. Green, Rachel Civen, Benjamin Schwartz, Paul Krogstad, et al. “Unique Case of Disseminated Plague With Multifocal Osteomyelitis.J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 6, no. 3 (September 1, 2017): e165–68. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/pix007.
Tovar Padua L, Kamali A, Kim H, Green NM, Civen R, Schwartz B, et al. Unique Case of Disseminated Plague With Multifocal Osteomyelitis. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e165–8.
Tovar Padua, Leidy, et al. “Unique Case of Disseminated Plague With Multifocal Osteomyelitis.J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, vol. 6, no. 3, Sept. 2017, pp. e165–68. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/jpids/pix007.
Tovar Padua L, Kamali A, Kim H, Green NM, Civen R, Schwartz B, Krogstad P, Deville J, Yeganeh N, Lugo D, Baker A, Soni P, Cho C, Svircic N, Dry S, Seeger L, Lloyd J, Deukmedjian G, Bowen R, Hale G, Zaki SR, Mead P, Nielsen-Saines K. Unique Case of Disseminated Plague With Multifocal Osteomyelitis. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e165–e168.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc

DOI

EISSN

2048-7207

Publication Date

September 1, 2017

Volume

6

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e165 / e168

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Tibia
  • Sepsis
  • Plague
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Male
  • Los Angeles
  • Humans
  • Biopsy
  • Adolescent
  • 3213 Paediatrics