Efficacy and safety of azithromycin for uncomplicated typhoid fever: An open label non-comparative study

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 553-556

  Aggarwal, Anju ^a   Ghosh, Apurba ^b   Gomber, Sunil ^a   Mitra, Monjori ^c   Parikh, A O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

^c Medclin Research Pvt Ltd   (India)

^d Alembic Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Children; Management typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYPHOID FEVER; UNCOMPLICATED TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 80054764783     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0093-y     Document Type: Article

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