Persistent Yersinia pestis antigens in ischemic tissues of a patient with septicemic plague

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 850-853

  Guarner, Jeannette ^a   Shieh, Wun Ju ^a   Chu, May ^b   Perlman, David C ^c   Kool, Jacob ^b   Gage, Kenneth L ^b   Ettestad, Paul ^d   Zaki, Sherif R ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Office of Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Limb ischemia; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC FOOT; EXCISION; FEVER; FOOT AMPUTATION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SUPERINFECTION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAGUE; SHOCK, SEPTIC; YERSINIA;

EID: 23444432731     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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