Typhus rickettsia pneumonia should be how is it treated?
(A) treatment
Treatment with Q fever pneumonia treated the same, chloramphenicol, tetracycline and doxycycline are special effects. Tetracycline dosage of 2g / d, min 4 times orally. Doxycycline can also be an alternative for adults the amount of chloramphenicol or tetracycline 200mg / d, 2 sub-sub-services. There are tons of domestic 200mg per serving with good curative effect were reported. Treatment is generally 1 week, or the normal body temperature 1 to 2 days after the withdrawal. Associated with bacterial infection should be based on sputum culture and sensitivity results of use of effective antibiotics. For patients with severe nervous system disorders of the coma, swallowing and breathing difficulties, incontinence should strengthen the care, to be tube feeding, oxygen, if necessary, endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, and to ensure airway patency. Complicated by heart failure, shock, heart failure should be actively corrected, anti-shock, accompanied by the necessary oxygen inhalation.
(B) the prognosis
Epidemic typhus in recent years, mostly light, combined with the application of broad-spectrum antibiotics, mortality dropped significantly. As long as the early diagnosis and timely treatment, results were satisfactory prognosis is good.