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WHAT IS IT?
Yersinia pestis is a gram negative rod shaped (bacilli) non-enteric bacteria. It is a facultative intracellular pathogen.
CULTURE CHARACTERISTICS
Non-lactose fermenting
Oxidase negative
Does not produce H2S on TSI agar
MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS
TRANSMISSION
Fleas: rats and dogs are resovoris
CONDITIONS CAUSED
Bubonic plague
TREATMENT
OTHER HY FACTS
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