Simple antibiotics cure it if caught early...(but maybe not fast enough for the rare pulmonic type).
The bad news is that for most lymphnode enlargements, you use different antibiotics.
So if you get plague, hope your doc worked on the Navajo reservation and has seen some cases. They get a few cases a year there.
True enough. Last year a couple from Santa Fe NM contracted it from local rodents and were vacationing in NYC when it took hold. The local docs didn't figure it out fast enough and the man lost both legs below the knee.