Clinical profile and therapy in enteric fever.
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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 regimes in the treatment of resistant enteric fever.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 31 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994