Organism - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

70-90% fatality if untreated, 30-50% fatality w/treatment depending on status of host and clinical signs. Can be carried in GI tract or female genital to lead to disease. Is able to enter a wide variety of cells where it can survive and multiply. Immunity to re-inf w/ survivors. Septicemia, meningitis, abscesses, granulomas, lymphadenitis. ................
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