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Septicemic (or septicaemic) plague is a deadly blood infection, one of the three main forms of plague. It is caused by Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium.

Like other forms of gram-negative sepsis, septicemic plague can cause disseminated intravascular coagulation, and is almost always fatal.

[edit] See also

• Septicemia
• Meningococcemia

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