Bubonic plague/Surgery

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There really isn't a definite surgical procedure involved with bubonic plague. The only procedure that could be considered surgical in nature has to do with the buboes that form on the lymph nodes. At times in the past, physicians thought that the bubo needed to be aspirated. This was found out to have unwanted side effects because the fluid from the bubo will contain the Yersinia Pestis bacteria. In modern medicine, the bubo will be treated with antibiotic therapy in which it will eventually recede. If the bubo were to burst, it may cause more serious infections than the patient initially had.

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