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

Autor: Kuberski T; John C. Lincoln Hospital-Deer Valley, Phoenix, AZ, USA. tjkubs@aol.com, Robinson L, Schurgin A
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2003 Feb 15; Vol. 36 (4), pp. 521-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2003 Jan 29.
DOI: 10.1086/367570
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE