Plague, Bubonic

Alternate Name: Black Death

Test:

Blood or bubo M/C/S (+), WCC (H), B.neutrophils(H), ESR (H), U.protein (+ or -)

Sign:

Dd:

Tularaemia, malaria, lymphogranukima venere-urn, influenza, pneumonia, septicaemia

Phys:

Infection of rats by Yersinia (Pasteurella) pestis, transmitted to humans by fleas