Possible Treatment
When one is diagnosed with the bubonic plague, they are put into intensive care in the hospital. They are put into isolation with relatively no contact with other people for the disease in very contagious. Specific antibiotics used as treatments for bubonic plague can include: Other antibiotics, including tetracyclines and chloramphenicol, can also be effective. For someone with severe bubonic plague symptoms, these antibiotics are given through an intravenous (IV) line. Mild cases of bubonic plague may be treated with antibiotics taken by mouth. It is mandated that when a person is diagnosed with the disease they give a list of any people that they have been around so they can be treated for the disease. However; at this time there is nothing better that can be done to treat the disease other than antibiotics. A vaccine does not exist for this disease, but there is research going on that is searching for one.
