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Treatments for Typhus
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Tags: Typhus, Rickettsia bacteria, Rickettsia prowazekii, Endemic typhus, Scrub typhus, treatments
Treatment of all forms of typhus is similar and includes supportive care and administration of appropriate antibiotics, for example, a single dose of 200 mg of doxycycline (irrespective of the patient's age). Relapses are infrequent.
| | Treatment of all forms of typhus is similar and includes supportive care and administration of appropriate antibiotics, for example, a single dose of 200 mg of doxycycline (irrespective of the patient's age). Relapses are infrequent. |
| | The symptoms are treated with antibiotics (such as tetracycline, doxycycline, or chloramphenicol). For epidemic typhus, intravenous fluids and oxygen may be necessary to help stabilize the patient. |
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