Bubonic plague medical therapy

Treatments
Vladimir Havkin, an Indian doctor of Russian-Jewish origin, was the first to invent and test a plague antibiotic. The traditional treatments are: More recently,
 * Streptomycin 30 mg/kg IM twice daily for 7 days
 * Chloramphenicol 25–30 mg/kg single dose, followed by 12.5–15 mg/kg four times daily
 * Tetracycline 2 g single dose, followed by 500 mg four times daily for 7–10 days (not suitable for children)
 * Gentamicin 2.5 mg/kg IV or IM twice daily for 7 days
 * Doxycycline 100 mg (adults) or 2.2 mg/kg (children) orally twice daily have also been shown to be effective.