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Treatments for Pneumonic Plague
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Tags: pneumonic plague, infectious disease, pulmonic plague, Pestis pneumonica, treatment
As soon as your doctor suspects that you have plague, you'll need to be admitted to an isolation room in a hospital. There, you'll receive powerful antibiotics directly into your veins (intravenously) or your muscles (intramuscularly) for at least 10 days.
| | Streptomycin and gentamicin are the most effective drugs against plague. |
| | Other alternatives include intravenous doxycycline (Vibramycin), ciprofloxacin (Cipro) and chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin). |
| | If you have serious complications, such as bleeding abnormalities, organ failure and respiratory distress, then respiratory support, intravenous fluids and oxygen may be necessary. |
| | Even if you don't have signs or symptoms, you'll need treatment with preventive, oral antibiotics for seven days after direct exposure to a person with pneumonic plague. |
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