All patients with pneumonic plague including suspected cases should be isolated

Question 41
Isolation not useful for all except

a. Mumps

b. Measles

c. Hepatitis A

d. Pneumonic plague 

Answer

d. Pneumonic Plague

Reference

Park 18^th Edition Page 236

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Although most bubonic plague patients are non-infectious, isolation is recommended whenever possible. All patients with pneumonic plague including suspected cases should be isolated

Explanation

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Comments

The Periods of isolation recommended for various diseases are

Disease	Duration of Isolation
Chicken Pox	Until all lesions are cured. 6 days after the onset of rash
Measles	From the onset of catarrhal stage through 3rd day of rash
German Measles	None, except that women in first trimester or sexually active, non-immune women in child bearing years not using contraceptive measures should not be exposed
Cholera	3 days after tetracyclines started
Diphtheria	Until 48 hours after treatment
Shigellosis Salmonellosis	Until 3 consecutive negative stool cultures
Hepatitis A	3 weeks
Influenza	3 days after onset
Polio	2 weeks for adults 6 weeks for paediatric cases
Tuberculosis Sputum Positive	Until 3 weeks of effective chemotheraphy
Herpes Zoster	6 days after onset of rash
Mumps	Until swelling subsides
Pertussis	4 weeks or until paroxysms cease
Meningococcal Meningitis	Until the first 6 hours of effective antibiotic therapy
Streptoccal Pharyngitis

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Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease. The word comes from the Italian (17th Century Venetian) language Italian quarantena, meaning forty day period.