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Laboratory Results for Case Classification - Suspect
- Definition
- Clinical symptoms and exposure history are compatible with
plague infection.
- Smear or isolate from affected tissues like the lymph node, blood, or tracheal/lung aspirate that are small, gram-negative and/or bipolar-staining, plump rods in singles, short chains and that are catalase positive, and oxidase and urease negative.
- Lab Tests for Suspect
- Gram stain
- Differential stain
- Culture
- Catalase
- Oxidase
- Urease
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