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| − | * Gentamicin | + | * Streptomycin (WHO 2015) |
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* Ciprofloxacin | * Ciprofloxacin | ||
| − | * Tetracyclin | + | * Tetracyclin (WHO 2015) |
* Doxycyclin | * Doxycyclin | ||
* Co-Trimoxazol | * Co-Trimoxazol | ||
* Chloraphenicol | * Chloraphenicol | ||
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| + | * to be taken for 10 days + min. 3 days after fewer is gone | ||
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| + | '''WHO statement 2015'''<br> | ||
| + | Treatment with common antibiotics such as ''tetracyclines, gentamycin or streptomycin are efficient on human plague'' but their efficacy depends on early detection. When this is the case, case fatality can be reduced from 60% to less than 15% for bubonic plague. This is especially important for the pneumonic form, which is highly contagious, can kill in less than 24 hours, and is invariably fatal in the absence of treatment. | ||
Revision as of 04:48, 4 October 2017
Affected districts
- Ambatondrazaka
- Ambohidratrimo
- Andramasina
- Ankazobe
- Anosibean'ala
- Tana south
- Tana north
- Arivonimamo
- Faratsiho
- Maevatanana
- Majunga 1
- Miarinarivo
- Moramanga
- Toamasina 1
- Toamasina 2
- Tsiroanomandidy
- Vohémar
- Ambalavao
Treatments
- Cotrim
- Streptomycin (WHO 2015)
- Gentamicin (WHO 2015)
- Ciprofloxacin
- Tetracyclin (WHO 2015)
- Doxycyclin
- Co-Trimoxazol
- Chloraphenicol
- to be taken for 10 days + min. 3 days after fewer is gone
WHO statement 2015
Treatment with common antibiotics such as tetracyclines, gentamycin or streptomycin are efficient on human plague but their efficacy depends on early detection. When this is the case, case fatality can be reduced from 60% to less than 15% for bubonic plague. This is especially important for the pneumonic form, which is highly contagious, can kill in less than 24 hours, and is invariably fatal in the absence of treatment.
