[Billthedrill]

Used to be tetracyclines. Dunno know. Yersinia pestis is a gram-negative critter that has an endotoxin associated with its cell wall to which the human body hardly reacts until the cell dies and lyses. Then massive doses of the endotoxin hit you all at once. That's why a sudden high dose of antibiotics can actually cause more harm than good. So you hit it with a measured dosage and provide supportive therapy for fever and dehydration and usually the patient does fine. Unless they die.

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usually the patient does fine. Unless they die.

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