chemamr
Forum Hero
Topics: 703
Posts: 4,486
|
imagine you're in your hospital and a patient comes and after realizing it's an outbreak, etc, you make a clinical diagnosis of the following diseases:
what's the treatment of choice and
what's the post-exposure prophylaxis for:
1) anthrax: _______
2) smallpox: _________
3) tularemia: _______
4) plague: ______
5) viral hemorrhagic fever: ____
6) botulism: ____
|
| prathapdoctor
Forum Elite
Topics: 12
Posts: 406
|
for anthrax - ciprofloxacin
small pox - vaccination
plague - tetracycline + aminoglycoside
tularemia - tetracycline + aminoglycoside
botulism - antitoxin
viral haemorrhagic fever - i dont know.
|
| chemamr
Forum Hero
Topics: 703
Posts: 4,486
|
yes, tx is in this way
anthrax: cipro or doxy (needing 2 or more antibiotics if it's a severe case)
plague: strepto or genta or fluoroquinolones
tularemia: strepto or genta or fluoroquinolones
smallpox: supportive, possibly antiviral agents
viral hemorrhagic fever: supportive, ribavirin
botulism: polyvalent antitoxin.
|
|
| |
| | | |
