A Case of Plague Successfully Treated with Ciprofloxacin and Sympathetic Blockade for Treatment of Gangrene

A critically ill patient with septicemic plague and peripheral gangrene was treated successfully with ciprofloxacin. There are no previous reports of plague being successfully treated with ciprofloxacin. Peripheral gangrene of this patient's feet was managed with use of sympathetic blockade; th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2003-02, Vol.36 (4), p.521-523
Hauptverfasser:	Kuberski, T., Robinson, L., Schurgin, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use Antibacterial agents Antibiotics Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Blood Brief Reports Catheters Ciprofloxacin - therapeutic use Critical Illness Gangrene Gangrene - drug therapy Human bacterial diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Lower extremity Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pharmacology. Drug treatments Plague Sepsis Sepsis - drug therapy Sepsis - pathology Septicemic plague Sympatholytics - therapeutic use Tropical bacterial diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	A critically ill patient with septicemic plague and peripheral gangrene was treated successfully with ciprofloxacin. There are no previous reports of plague being successfully treated with ciprofloxacin. Peripheral gangrene of this patient's feet was managed with use of sympathetic blockade; the patient's toes appear to have been saved by this approach.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/367570