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Brucellosis treated with rifampicin.
- Source :
- Archives of Disease in Childhood; Jun1980, Vol. 55 Issue 6, p486-488, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 1980
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Abstract
- 14 children, aged between 15 months and 14 years, with brucellosis were treated with oral rifampicin only (20 mg/kg per day) for 3 weeks. Laboratory diagnosis depended on blood culture (positive for Brucella melitensis in 11 of the cases), serum agglutination, complement-fixation test, and Coomb's test. Response was good in each child, with fever clearing between the 2nd and 8th day. 2 children relapsed, but one relapse was probably a reinfection from contaminated cheese. Both children were given a further course of treatment (rifampicin and co-trimoxazole) which was successful. Despite the reasonably good results with rifampicin alone, it is advisable to combine the drug with co-trimoxazole when treating brucellosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00039888
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66655312
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.55.6.486