Several individuals are seen in the emergency room of large medical center. They exhibit symptoms of pneumonic plague. You receive bronchial washings and blood cultures. You will

A) call CDC for further instructions.
B) reject the specimens and request serum and tissue biopsies of lesions.
C) process the specimens for Yersinia pestis.
D) refer them to a reference laboratory in the laboratory response network.

D

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