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159 Plague and Other Yersinia Infections
Michael B. Prentice

	Figure 159-1  Approximate global distribution of Yersinia pestis. (Compiled from WHO, CDC, and country sources. Reprinted with permission from DT Dennis, GL Campbell:Plague and other Yersinia infections, in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed, AS Fauci et al (eds). New York, McGraw-Hill, Chap. 152,...
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	Figure 159-2  Plague patient in the southwestern United States with a left axillary bubo and an unusual plague ulcer and eschar at the site of the infective flea bite. (Reprinted with permission from DT Dennis, GL Campbell: Plague and other Yersinia infections, in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed, AS...
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	Figure 159-3  Sequential chest radiographs of a patient with fatal primary plague pneumonia. Left: Upright posteroanterior film taken at admission to hospital emergency department on third day of illness, showing segmental consolidation of right upper lobe.
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	Figure 159-4  Peripheral blood smear from a patient with fatal plague septicemia and shock, showing characteristic bipolar-staining Yersinia pestis bacilli (Wright's stain, oil immersion). (Reprinted with permission from DT Dennis, GL Campbell: Plague and other Yersinia infections, in...
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