Antibiotic Therapy of Enteric Fever

Changing spectrum of antibiotic sensitivity in enteric fever.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The study was designed to analyze clinical profile and Antibiotic sensitivity pattern in case of culture positive typhoid fever and compare response of quinolones in vitro and in vivo. METHODOLOGY Forty eight cases of culture positive enteric fever presented in outpatient and emergency department of Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, and Kathmandu were included in the ...

Enteric fever in Karachi: current antibiotic susceptibility of Salmonellae isolates.

OBJECTIVE To determine the current sensitivity and resistance profile of Salmonellae (S.) isolates in a laboratory setting. STUDY DESIGN An observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Dr. Essa`s Laboratory and Diagnostic Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, from November 2008 - October 2010. METHODOLOGY Isolates from blood culture specimens of 481 bacteraemic patients were identified using con...

Clinical profile and therapy in enteric fever.

therapy in resistant enteric fever, various drugs singly, or in combination, such as cotrimoxazole and cephalosporins, or cephalexin and gentamicin, third generation cephalosporins and newer quinolones have been tried with varying results. This communication describes our observations on the clinical profile of children with enteric fever due to MDRST infection and, compare different drug regim...

Enteric Fever

ENTERIC FEVER. By Thomas O'Farrell, M.A., M.D., Surgeon, A. 31. D. That enteric fever is prevalent in India, especially among those who have recently changed their residence from England to this country, is a well-recognized fact, yet here, as well as at home, a variety of opinions are held as to the causation and propagation of the disease. <Ve have the great contagionist, "William Badd, asser...

Enteric Fever