title: [Pulmonic plague].
abstract: One hundred years after Yersin discovered Yersinia pestis during the plague epidemic in Hong Kong in 1894, human plague still has not been eliminated. The epidemic in 1994 in India, a country where no cases had been observed since 1996, raised great concern. Plague is an epizootic bacterial infection caused by a Gram negative coccobacillus, Y. pestis, transmitted by the bite of infected fleas. Bubonic plague is the most common form. Other clinical presentations include asymptomatic plague, abortive plague, pharyngeal plague, septicemic plague, meningeal plague, and primary or secondary pneumonic plague which is observed in 5 to 20% of cases. Plague is a highly communicable disease between humans despite antibiotic therapy which has reduced mortality by 80%. The prognosis depends on early diagnosis. Streptomycin and cyclines are the gold standard treatment.
authors: Services Médicaux, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Hovette
authors: P R
authors: PR
authors: Burgel
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Camara
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Sane
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Auregan
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Klotz
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010930:Plague / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D013307:Streptomycin