People who should seek urgent medical care include:
Anyone who develops plague symptoms after exposure to fleas or rodents, especially if he/she lives in or has visited an area where plague occurs Anyone who lives or has recently traveled to the western U.S. or any other plague endemic area and has symptoms suggestive of plague
People in close contact with very sick pneumonic plague patients may be evaluated and possibly placed under observation. Preventive antibiotic therapy may also be given, depending on the type and timing of personal contact.
When to seek urgent medical care when I have Yersinia pestis infection ?
People who should seek urgent medical care include:
Anyone who develops plague symptoms after exposure to fleas or rodents, especially if he/she lives in or has visited an area where plague occurs Anyone who lives or has recently traveled to the western U.S. or any other plague endemic area and has symptoms suggestive of plague
People in close contact with very sick pneumonic plague patients may be evaluated and possibly placed under observation. Preventive antibiotic therapy may also be given, depending on the type and timing of personal contact.