Successful Treatment of Human Plague with Oral Ciprofloxacin

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2017
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Emerging infectious diseases
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The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved ciprofloxacin for treatment of plague (Yersina pestis infection) based on animal studies. Published evidence of efficacy in humans is sparse. We report 5 cases of culture-confirmed human plague treated successfully with oral ciprofloxacin, including 1 case of pneumonic plague.
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Treatment, Human Plague, Oral Ciprofloxacin
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Apangu, T., Griffith, K., Abaru, J., Candini, G., Apio, H., Okoth, F., ... & Mead, P. (2017). Successful treatment of human plague with oral ciprofloxacin. Emerging infectious diseases, 23(3), 553.http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1304879
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1304879.
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