A randomized comparison of oral chloramphenicol versus ofloxacin in the treatment of uncomplicated typhoid fever in Laos

• Main Authors: Simmaly Phongmany, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Siho Sisouphone, Chirapha Darasavath, Pankham Vongphachane, Oudayvone Rattanavong, Mayfong Mayxay, Andrew C. Ramsay, Stuart D. Blacksell, Chanpheng Thammavong, Bounkong Syhavong, Nicholas J. White, Paul N. Newton
• 其他作者: Mahosot Hospital
• 格式: Article
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• 在線閱讀: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16582
• 機構: Mahidol University

We conducted a randomized open trial of oral chloramphenicol (50 mg/kg/ day in four divided doses for 14 days) versus ofloxacin (15 mg/kg/day in two divided doses for 3 days) in 50 adults with culture-confirmed uncomplicated typhoid fever in Vientiane, Laos. Patients had been ill for a median (range...