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Carbunco - Prevention

Nombres alternativos

Enfermedad de los cardadores de lana; Enfermedad de los traperos; Carbunco cutáneo; Carbunco gastrointestinal

Prevención:

Existen dos formas principales para prevenir el carbunco:

Para las personas que han estado expuestas al carbunco, pero que no tienen síntomas de la enfermedad, los médicos les pueden recetar antibióticos preventivos, tales como ciprofloxacina, penicilina o doxiciclina, dependiendo de la cepa del carbunco.

Hay disponibilidad de una vacuna contra el carbunco para el personal militar y algunos miembros del público general. Se administra en una serie de cinco dosis durante 18 meses.

No hay una forma conocida de diseminar el carbunco cutáneo de una persona a otra. Las personas que vivan con alguien que tenga carbunco cutáneo no necesitan antibióticos, a menos que también hayan estado expuestas a la misma fuente de carbunco.

Ántrax cutáneo

Inhalación de ántrax

Anticuerpos

Reviewed last on: 6/9/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

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Martin GJ, Friedlander Am. Bacillus anthracis (anthrax). In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 208.

Reissman DB, Whitney EA, Taylor TH Jr, et al. One-year health assessment of adult survivors of Bacillus anthracis infection. JAMA. 2004/291:1994-1998.

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