Treatment

Front 1

Anthrax

Back 1

Treatment: Inhalational: Fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin) or doxycycline + clindamycin + rifampin. Penicillin may be used if susceptibilities confirmed.Treat for 60 days.
Cutaneous: Fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin) or doxycycline. Amoxicillin also an alternative if susceptibility to penicillins is confirmed. Usual cutaneous treatment is 7-10 days, treat for 60 days in setting of bioterrorism with presumed aerosol exposure.

Front 2

Brucellosis

Back 2

Treatment: Doxycycline + gentamicin or streptomycin. Other alternatives are doxycycline + rifampin, or a fluoroquinolone + rifampin, or TMP/SMX + gentamicin

Front 3

Pneumonic Plague

Back 3

Gentamicin (tobramycin) or streptomycin.
Alternatives are doxycycline, a fluoroquinolone, or chloramphenicol. May need to treat orally in mass exposure situations.

Front 4

Q fever

Back 4

Treatment: Doxycycline, erythromycin, consider a fluoroquinolone in meningitis.

Front 5

Tularemia

Back 5

Treatment: Streptomycin or gentamicin (tobramycin). Alternatives are doxycycline or a fluoroquinolone. Duration of treatment ranges from 10 - 21 days.

Front 6

Small Pox

Back 6

Treatment: Supportive care.

Front 7

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Back 7

Treatment: Supportive care, some reports of using ribavirin for the types above.

Front 8

Botulism

Back 8

Supportive care, trivalent equine antitoxin (Types A, B, E).

Front 9

Ricin:

Back 9

Supportive care. If ingested, consider GI decontamination.

Front 10

Staph.Enterotox.B

Back 10

Supportive care.