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Treatment Guidelines

These guidelines were developed to assist in familiarizing health care providers with early recognition, reporting and treatment for a broad range of biological, chemical and nuclear events. Patients may require none, some or all of the recommendations described in the guideline. These guidelines should not be construed to prohibit such flexibility.

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Introduction

How to Recognize the Epidemiological Signs of a Potential Bioterrorism Event

Category A Agents	Category B Agents Continued
Anthrax – Cutaneous	Q Fever
Anthrax – Gastrointestinal	Ricin
Anthrax – Inhalational	Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B
Anthrax – Oropharyngeal	T-2 Mycotoxin
Botulism	Radiation
Plague – Bubonic	Acute Radiation Syndrome
Plague – Pneumonic	Cutaneous Radiation Injury
Plague – Septicemic	Treatment of Internal Contamination with Radioactive Isotopes
Smallpox	Chemical Agents
Tularemia	Ammonia
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever	Hydrofluoric Acid
Category B Agents	Hydrogen Cyanide
Alphaviruses	Methyl Bromide
Brucellosis	Methyl Isocyanate
Clostridium Perfringens Toxins	Nerve Agents
Food- and Water-borne Illness	Phosgene
Glanders