Open AccessA Case of Plague Successfully Treated with Ciprofloxacin and Sympathetic Blockade for Treatment of Gangrene
Author(s) -
T. Kuberski,
Leon J. Robinson,
A. Schurgin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/367570
Subject(s) - medicine , plague (disease) , ciprofloxacin , gangrene , blockade , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , receptor , biology
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.
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