Bacillus anthracis therapy

Alternative therapy for the following infections when penicillin is contraindicated Uncomplicated gonorrhea due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae] syphilis due to Treponema pallidum, yaws due to T. pertenue] Listeria monocytogenes] anthrax due to Bacillus anthracis] Vincent s infection due to Fusobacterium fusiforme] actinomycosis due to Actinomyces sp. Clostridium sp. 

Severe acne (tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline only) As adjunctive therapy. Anthrax, including inhalational anthrax (doxycycline only) To reduce the incidence or progression of disease following exposure to aerosolized Bacillus anthracis. 

Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that interferes with microbial DNA synthesis. It is indicated in the treatment of infections of the lower respiratory tract, skin and skin structure, bones and joints, urinary tract gonorrhea, chancroid, and infectious diarrhea caused by susceptible strains of specific organisms typhoid fever uncomplicated cervical and urethral gonorrhea women with acute uncomplicated cystitis acute sinusitis nosocomial pneumonia chronic bacterial prostatitis complicated intra-abdominal infections reduction of incidence or progression of inhalational anthrax following exposure to aerosolized Bacillus anthracis. Cipro IV Used for empirical therapy for febrile neutropenic patients. 

The other major health care products produced with the help of industrial fermentation are bacterial vaccines, therapeutic proteins, steroids, and gene therapy vectors. There are two categories of bacterial vaccines living and inactivated vaccines. Living vaccines consist of weakened, also known as attenuated, bacteria. Examples of living vaccines include those for diseases such as anthrax, which is caused by Bacillus anthracis, and typhoid fever, which is caused by Salmonella typhi. Inactivated vaccines are composed... 

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