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A case of plague successfully treated with ciprofloxacin and sympathetic blockade for treatment of gangrene.

Abstract
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.
AuthorsT Kuberski, L Robinson, A Schurgin
JournalClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 36 Issue 4 Pg. 521-3 (Feb 15 2003) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
PMID12567312 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Sympatholytics
  • Ciprofloxacin
Topics
  • Anti-Infective Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Ciprofloxacin (therapeutic use)
  • Critical Illness
  • Gangrene (drug therapy)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sepsis (drug therapy, pathology)
  • Sympatholytics (therapeutic use)

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