Antimicrobial Treatment and Prophylaxis of Plague Recommendations for Naturally Acquired Infections and Bioterrorism Response

• Published in: MMWR. Recommendations and reports Vol. 70; no. 3; pp. 1 - 26
• Main Authors: Nelson, Christina A., Meaney-Delman, Dana, Fleck-Derderian, Shannon, Cooley, Katharine M., Yu, Patricia A., Mead, Paul S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) 16.07.2021; U.S. Center for Disease Control; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antimicrobial agents; Antiretroviral drugs; Antitoxins; Bacteria; Best practice; Biological & chemical terrorism; Biological & chemical weapons; Bioterrorism; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S; Decision making; Disease prevention; Epidemics; Fatalities; Fever; Guidelines; Health services; Hemorrhage; Humans; Infections; Literature reviews; Lymphatic system; Masks; Meningitis; Patients; Plague; Plague - epidemiology; Plague - prevention & control; Post-Exposure Prophylaxis; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; Prophylaxis; Public health; Recommendations and Reports; Sepsis; United States - epidemiology; United States; United States > US; China

This report provides CDC recommendations to U.S. health care providers regarding treatment, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and postexposure prophylaxis of plague. Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, leads to naturally occurring disease in the United States and other regions worldwide and i...