There are three types of plague – bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic plague. With the pneumonic form of plague – which means it affects the lungs – there is a risk of direct transmission from ...

As it advances, however, the dreaded bubonic plague causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from ...

Earlier this month, a New Mexico man died of septicemic plague just two weeks after the state reported its first human plague case of the year. The Rio Arriba County man was in his 20s and had ...

Without prompt antibiotic treatment, the infection can progress to septicemic or pneumonic plague, both of which are far more lethal. Although antibiotics makes the disease highly treatable ...

The infection has two other main clinical presentations: septicemic and pneumonic. The bubonic form is the most widespread type of plague. This specific kind is marked by sore, inflamed lymph ...

The bacteria are unable to colonize lung tissues but can escape to establish septicemic disease. One of the features of pneumonic plague is the lung edema caused by the local inflammatory response.