- Abstract:
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An open, randomised comparison of 2 or 3 days of oral ofloxacin (10 mg/kg/day) for uncomplicated typhoid fever was conducted in 235 Vietnamese children. Multi-drug-resistant Salmonella typhi was isolated from 182/202 (90%) children and 5/166 (3%) tested isolates were nalidixic acid-resistant (Na(R)). Eighty-nine of 116 children randomised to 2 days and 107/119 randomised to 3 days were blood culture-positive and eligible for analysis. There were 12 (13.5%) failures in the 2-day group (six cli...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- Annals of tropical paediatrics
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 17-22
- Publication date:
- 2005-03-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1465-3281
- ISSN:
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0272-4936
- URN:
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uuid:136ad7c5-4299-4bda-bcaf-17426f965d60
- Source identifiers:
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39401
- Local pid:
- pubs:39401
- Copyright date:
- 2005
Journal article
Comparative trial of short-course ofloxacin for uncomplicated typhoid fever in Vietnamese children.
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