Hydrocortisone in chloramphenicol-treated severe typhoid fever in papua new guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 113-116

  Rogerson, Stephen J ^a,c   Spooner, Veronica J ^b   Smith, Tom A ^b   Richens, John ^a  

^a Goroka Base Hospital ^*  (Guinea)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROQUINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADULT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0025980625     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(91)90180-7     Document Type: Article

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