Gatifloxacin versus ceftriaxone for uncomplicated enteric fever in Nepal: an open-label, two-centre, randomized controlled trial

Background Because treatment with third-generation cephalosporins is associated with slow clinical improvement and high relapse burden for enteric fever, whereas the fluoroquinolone gatifloxacin is associated with rapid fever clearance and low relapse burden, we postulated that gatifloxacin would b...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Arjyal, Amit, Basnyat, Buddha, Nhan, Ho Thi, Koirala, Samir, Giri, Abhishek, Joshi, Niva, Shakya, Mila, Pathak, Kamal Raj, Mahat, Saruna Pathak, Prajapati, Shanti Pradhan, Adhikari, Nabin, Thapa, Rajkumar, Merson, Laura, Gajurel, Damodar, Lamsal, Kamal, Lamsal, Dinesh, Yadav, Bharat Kumar, Shah, Ganesh, Shrestha, Poojan, Dongol, Sabina, Karkey, Abhilasha, Thompson, Corinne N, Thieu, Nga Tran Vu, Thanh, Duy Pham, Baker, Stephen, Thwaites, Guy E, Wolbers, Marcel, Dolecek, Christiane
Μορφή: Technical Report
Γλώσσα:en_US
Έκδοση: Lancet Infect Dis 2016 2016
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Περίληψη:Background Because treatment with third-generation cephalosporins is associated with slow clinical improvement and high relapse burden for enteric fever, whereas the fluoroquinolone gatifloxacin is associated with rapid fever clearance and low relapse burden, we postulated that gatifloxacin would be superior to the cephalosporin ceftriaxone in treating enteric fever.