Ofloxacin has been successfully used in the treatment of typhoid fever and Salmonella
infections of adults for many years. However, it has rarely been tried for the typhoid fever of …

An open randomized comparison of 2 days (Ofx2) versus 3 days (Ofx3) of oral ofloxacin
treatment (15 mg/kg/day) was conducted with Vietnamese children between 1 and 15 years …

Eighteen children with bacteriologically confirmed severe typhoid fever were initially treated
intravenously with ciprofloxacin (10 mg/kg of body weight per day). Clinical cure with …

Background Despite concerns about safety in children, fluoroquinolone antibiotics have
become the treatment of choice in patients with multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in Vietnam …

Background. Despite concerns about safety in children, fluoroquinolone antibiotics have
become the treatment of choice in patients with multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in Vietnam …

We investigated the use, treatment results and safety of ciprofloxacin in the treatment of
childhood typhoid and paratyphoid infections in an industrialized country. The study was …

Pefloxacin, which has been shown to have a high in vitro activity against Salmonella spp.,
was compared to cotrimoxazole in the treatment of typhoid fever in adults. In a prospective …

The study covers 78 children with typhoid fever who were hospitalized in April & May 1990.
Serious complications were present in 32%(toxemia 22%, ileus 25% and myocarditis 8%) …

An open, randomised comparison of 2 or 3 days of oral ofloxacin (10 mg/kg/day) for
uncomplicated typhoid fever was conducted in 235 Vietnamese children. Multi-drug …

Isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi that are multidrug resistant (MDR, resistant to
chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) and have reduced …