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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Dispatch

Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States

Paula A. Schaffer1, Stephanie A. Brault1, Connor Hershkowitz1, Lauren Harris, Kristy Dowers, Jennifer House, Tawfik A. Aboellail, Paul S. Morley, and Joshua B. DanielsComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (P.A. Schaffer, S.A. Brault, C. Hershkowitz, L. Harris, K. Dowers, T.A. Aboellail, P.S. Morley, J.B. Daniels); Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA (J. House)

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Figure 2

Histopathologic analysis of accessory lung lobe of dog with pneumonic plague (hematoxylin and eosin stain), Colorado, USA. A) Parenchyma, which is diffusely effaced by necrohemorrhagic pneumonia. Scale bar indicates 500 μm. B) Alveolar detail, which is obscured by necrosis, hemorrhage, and suppurative inflammation without intralesional bacteria. Scale bar indicates 20 μm.

Figure 2. Histopathologic analysis of accessory lung lobe of dog with pneumonic plague (hematoxylin and eosin stain), Colorado, USA. A) Parenchyma, which is diffusely effaced by necrohemorrhagic pneumonia. Scale bar indicates 500 μm. B) Alveolar detail, which is obscured by necrosis, hemorrhage, and suppurative inflammation without intralesional bacteria. Scale bar indicates 20 μm.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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