Other treatments included intubation, ventilation, intravenous penicillin (for the patient provisionally diagnosed with leptospirosis), antimicrobial drugs, and digital amputation (for the patient suffering from digital necrosis) (Hanson). Most patients were able to recover after hospitalization for seven days, and continued to be treated for another seven days with doxycycline out of hospital. Other more severe cases were kept hospitalized for two weeks, and in one case, the patient was unable to return to work for two months (Hanson). Multiple tests were performed on each patient in order to determine further infections that may have developed in skin and blood tissues and to discover other common symptoms and effects of this specific disease. It was through these tests that the best treatments for each case were also discovered, and each patient was continually monitored for further developments. So far, work to control the disease is rather slow, but continued study and tests are being done in order to increase understanding of the disease and how to control...

For now, doctors are highly recommending that any patients who reside in or visit the area common to the disease (the eastern coast of Australia) be considered early on for contraction of Queensland fever (Hanson), because the best way to combat it before it becomes severe is to catch it early and begin treatment right away. It is understood that delays in seeking treatment contributed to the increasing severity of the disease. Further studies being conducted to separate Queensland fever caused by Rickettsia australis from other forms of illness closely related to it will help determine the correct treatment for the disease in the future.
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