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

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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Technical Report
Lenguaje:en_US
Publicado: Lancet Infect Dis 2016 2016
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Gatifloxacin versus
Enteric Fever
Nepal
Acceso en línea:http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/818
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Sumario: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.

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