Misidentification of Yersinia pestis by automated systems, resulting in delayed diagnoses of human plague infections--Oregon and New Mexico, 2010-2011

One human plague case was reported in Oregon in September 2010 and another in New Mexico in May 2011. Misidentification of Yersinia pestis by automated identification systems contributed to delayed diagnoses for both cases.

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical infectious diseases 2012-10, Vol.55 (7), p.e58-e60
Hauptverfasser: Tourdjman, Mathieu, Ibraheem, Mam, Brett, Meghan, Debess, Emilio, Progulske, Barbara, Ettestad, Paul, McGivern, Teresa, Petersen, Jeannine, Mead, Paul
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Zusammenfassung:One human plague case was reported in Oregon in September 2010 and another in New Mexico in May 2011. Misidentification of Yersinia pestis by automated identification systems contributed to delayed diagnoses for both cases.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/cis578