Typhus - Treatment

Treatment

Without treatment, the disease can be fatal. Prompt treatment with antibiotics cures most patients.

  • Azithromycin (one-drug therapy)
  • Doxycycline
  • Tetracycline
  • Chloramphenicol (less common)

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