Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in the treatment of enteric fever in the Sudan

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in the treatment of enteric fever in the Sudan

Patients with enteric fever confirmed by isolation of Salmonella species from blood culture, were treated with the combination of trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (co-trimoxazole). All 133 patients responded well to treatment. The mean defervescence was 2.74 days. No serious side effects were noticed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1981, Vol.75 (6), p.771-773
Hauptverfasser: Mukhtar, El Daw, Mekki, M.O.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Drug Combinations - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Jaundice - complications
Malaria - complications
Male
Middle Aged
Sudan
Sulfamethoxazole - therapeutic use
Time Factors
Trimethoprim - therapeutic use
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Typhoid Fever - complications
Typhoid Fever - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with enteric fever confirmed by isolation of Salmonella species from blood culture, were treated with the combination of trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (co-trimoxazole). All 133 patients responded well to treatment. The mean defervescence was 2.74 days. No serious side effects were noticed and no relapses occurred in the patients during the period of follow up.
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/0035-9203(81)90407-7