Cats
with the pneumonic form of plague need to be isolated and treated by people wearing full protective gear such as gloves and masks.
Not exact matches
Left untreated
with antibiotics,
pneumonic plague is 100 % fatal.
(Both forms are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis;
pneumonic plague develops when a person
with bubonic plague is not treated, and the infection spreads to the lungs.)
Over that same 23 - year period, five people died of plague contracted through contact
with a cat; only two of those cases were
pneumonic plague.