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Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague

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  1. chasil · · focus · HN ↗
    Yersinia Pestis is normally treated with doxycycline, cipro, or streptomycin.

    Is this a resistant strain?

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;emedicine.medscape.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;235627-medication#1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;emedicine.medscape.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;235627-medication#1

    1. cyberax · · focus · HN ↗
      Unfortunately, even prompt antibiotics don&#x27;t always help with the pneumonic form.
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