These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Short course ciprofloxacin therapy for enteric fever.
    Author: Mathai D, Kudva GC, Keystone JS, Kozarsky PE, Jesudason MV, Lalitha MK, Kaur A, Thomas M, John J, Pulimood BM.
    Journal: J Assoc Physicians India; 1993 Jul; 41(7):428-30. PubMed ID: 8300488.
    Abstract:
    A short course of ciprofloxacin, 750 mgm b.i.d. for 7 days was found to be effective in the treatment of enteric fever in 21 hospitalized patients with S.typhi (18) and S.paratyphi A(3). Median time for fever response was 3 days. All isolates were susceptible to ciprofloxacin (MIC 0.0078-0.062 mcgm/ml). The mean serum peak and trough levels were 5.4 and 1.6 mcgm/ml respectively. Stool cultures were free of Salmonellae on follow up (11-24 weeks). Two developed recurrence of paratyphoid fever, 17 days and 4 months after therapy.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]