Treatment of typhoid fever in children with a flexible-duration of ceftriaxone, compared with 14-day treatment with chloramphenicol

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-353

  Tatli, Mustafa Mansur ^a,c   Aktas, Guler ^a   Kosecik, Mustafa ^a   Yilmaz, Abdulkadir ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sanliurfa Children Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Onur Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Children; Chloramphenicol; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0037384431     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00388-6     Document Type: Article

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