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Comparison of Oral Azithromycin and Intra Venous Ceftriaxone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Enteric Fever in Children

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العنوان: Comparison of Oral Azithromycin and Intra Venous Ceftriaxone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Enteric Fever in Children
المؤلفون: Imran Khokar, saba Afzal, Samiya Naemullah
المصدر: Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, Vol 23, Iss 2 (2019)
بيانات النشر: Rawalpindi Medical University, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine
الوصف: Background : To compare the clinical efficacy of intravenous (I/V) Ceftriaxone with oral Azithromycin in 2-12 year old children diagnosed with enteric fever. Methods: In this comparative study children with the history of fever for >4 days and at least two out of these findings, i.e., toxic physical appearance, abdominal pain, coated tongue, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly were divided into two equal groups. Patients in Group A were given Azithromycin 20 mg / kg/ day as a single oral dose whereas patients in Group B were given Ceftriaxone 100 mg/kg/day as a single I/V injection for 07 days. Before initiation of therapy samples for Typhidot and Widal test were collected and only those testing positive were included. Results: There were 42 (93.3%) and 40 (88.9%) patients in both the groups respectively who were clinically cured. No significant difference was found between these two groups (p-value 0.459). Conclusion: There was no difference in the clinical efficacy between Ceftriaxone and Azithromycin for the treatment of typhoid fever in children.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1683-3562
1683-3570
Relation: https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1097; https://doaj.org/toc/1683-3562; https://doaj.org/toc/1683-3570
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/2989785b95264b64a048cd3581219869
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.2989785b95264b64a048cd3581219869
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
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تدمد:16833562
16833570