Several classes of antibiotics are effective in treating<unk> . These include aminoglycosides such as streptomycin and gentamicin, tetracyclines (especially doxycycline), and the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin. Mortality associated with treated cases of<unk>  is about 1–15%, compared to a mortality of 40–60% in untreated cases. People potentially infected with the plague need immediate treatment and should be given antibiotics within 24 hours of the first symptoms to prevent death. Other treatments include oxygen, intravenous fluids, and respiratory support. People who have had contact with anyone infected by pneumonic plague are given prophylactic antibiotics. Using the broad-based antibiotic streptomycin has proven to be dramatically successful against the<unk>  within 12 hours of infection.
Bubonic plague
Hittite plague
Sylvatic plague
Urban plague
Malaria
Scrub typhus
Pneumonic plague
Flying squirrel typhus