Journal article
Two or three days of ofloxacin treatment for uncomplicated multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in children.
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An open randomized comparison of 2 days (Ofx2) versus 3 days (Ofx3) of oral ofloxacin treatment (15 mg/kg/day) was conducted with Vietnamese children between 1 and 15 years of age with suspected typhoid fever. Of 108 children enrolled, 100 were blood culture positive for Salmonella typhi, and 86% of the isolates were multidrug resistant. There were no significant adverse effects. The therapeutic responses were similar in both groups, with mean (+/- standard deviation) fever clearances of 107 ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 958-961
- Publication date:
- 1996-04-01
- EISSN:
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1098-6596
- ISSN:
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0066-4804
- Source identifiers:
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45184
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:45184
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- pubs:45184
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 1996
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