Published Date: 2012-08-28 21:12:30
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Plague - USA (04): (CO) septicemic
Archive Number: 20120828.1269118
PLAGUE - USA (04): (COLORADO) SEPTICEMIC
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Date: Tues 28 Aug 2012
From: Amber Reiss-Holt MD [edited]
A 7-year-old girl, a resident of Archuleta County, CO, presented to a small community emergency room (ER) with a fever of 107 F and seizures on the evening of 24 Aug 2012. She was transported to a pediatric ICU in Denver, where she deteriorated into severe septic shock. Further history revealed that she was playing with a dead skunk near her home some days before the onset of fever, and that she received multiple flea bites from fleas on the skunk carcass. Blood cultures have confirmed _Yersinia pestis_ and clinically she has septicemic plague. She remains in critical condition.
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Communicated by:
Amber Reiss-Holt MD
Chief of Emergency Services and General Surgeon
Pagosa Springs Medical Center, Pagosa Springs CO
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See Also
Plague - USA (03): (OR) septicemic, recovery 20120719.1206257Plague - USA (02): (OR), septicemic 20120612.1165863
Plague - USA: (NM) 20120601.1153277
2011
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Plague - USA (05): (OR), septicemic 20110920.2855
Plague, animal - USA (04): (NM) canine 20110701.1999
Plague, animal - USA (03): (CO) 20110612.1792
Plague, animal - USA (02): (OR) feline 20110610.1773
Plague - USA (03): (NM) bubonic 20110530.1655
Plague - USA (02): (NM) bubonic 20110510.1439
Plague, animal - USA: (NM) canine, feline 20110421.1240
Plague - USA: (OR), 2010, bubonic, CDC 20110224.0615
Plague, fatal - USA: (IL), 2009, lab strain, CDC 20110224.061
Plague - USA: (OR), 2010, bubonic, CDC 20110224.0615
Plague, fatal - USA: (IL), 2009, lab strain, CDC 20110224.0614
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