Two or three days of ofloxacin treatment for uncomplicated multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in children

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 958-961

  Vinh, Ha ^a   Wain, John ^a,b   Hanh, Vo Thi Ngoc ^a   Nga, Cao Ngoc ^a   Chinh, Mai Thu ^a   Bethell, Delia ^a,b   Hoa, Nguyen Thi Tuyet ^a   Diep, To Song ^a   Dung, Nguyen Minh ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TREATMENT FAILURE; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OFLOXACIN; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TIME FACTORS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0029981498     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.4.958     Document Type: Article

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