Salmonella typhi infections and effect of fluroquinolones and third generation cephalosporins in clinical outcome

Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-221

  Singh, Umesh Kumar ^a   Neopane, Arun K ^a   Thapa, Moon ^a   Aryal, Nirjala ^a   Agrawal, Keshav ^a  

^a Shree Birendra Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Cephalosporin; Drug resistance; Enteric fever; Fluoroquinolone; Salmonella typhi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COATED TONGUE; CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; STUDY DESIGN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TYPHOID FEVER; VOMITING;

EID: 80053361369     PISSN: 19907974     EISSN: 19907982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/jnps.v31i3.5361     Document Type: Article

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