Yersinia pestis infection chest x ray

Template:Pneumonic plague Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Chest X Ray

Pneumonic plague is rapidly progressive. Patients experience increasing dyspnea, stridor, and cyanosis. Rapidly progressive respiratory failure and sepsis within 2 to 4 days of onset of illness is typical of pneumonic plague.

Chest x-rays can be variable but frequently show bilateral patchy infiltrates or consolidation, such as the 1st image below.