When can patients with plague who have been treated with appropriate antibiotics be released from respiratory droplet precautions?
a. After resolution of all symptoms
b. After three sputum samples are negative for blood
c. After all lesions are dried
d. After the patient receives 48 hours of an-tibiotic treatment
D
The patient with plague can be released from respiratory precautions 48 hours after initiation of antibiotic therapy.
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