Post-Exposure Antibiotic Prophylaxis — How a Transmission Chain Gets Stopped Before It Starts

When a bacterial exposure is identified, contacts get antibiotics BEFORE symptoms appear — not to treat illness, but to stop it establishing at all. Oral ciprofloxacin is standard, and it’s what broke the meningitis cluster in Canterbury, UK. Trace the contacts, cover them early, and a single case STAYS a single case. It only works if the exposure is found fast.

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