Gentamicin and Tetracyclines for the Treatment of Human Plague: Review of 75 Cases in New Mexico, 1985–1999

Streptomycin, an antimicrobial with limited availability, is the treatment of choice for plague, a fulminating and potentially epidemic disease that poses a bioterrorism concern. We evaluated the efficacy of gentamicin and tetracyclines for treating human plague. A medical record review was conducte...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2004-03, Vol.38 (5), p.663-669
Hauptverfasser:	Boulanger, L. Lucy, Ettestad, Paul, Fogarty, John D., Dennis, David T., Romig, Donald, Mertz, Gregory
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Antimicrobials Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Bioterrorism Diseases Drug Therapy, Combination - therapeutic use Epidemics Female Fever Gentamicins - therapeutic use Hospitalization Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Length of Stay Major Articles Male Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Plague Plague - complications Plague - drug therapy Plague - mortality Retrospective Studies Septicemic plague Streptomycin - therapeutic use Sulfonamides Tetracyclines - therapeutic use Tropical bacterial diseases Yersinia pestis - drug effects
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