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Management of quinolone-resistant typhoid osteomyelitis
- Source :
- British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005). 72(8)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- andtrimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole,� whicharetraditionallyfirst-lineagentsfor� thetreatmentofentericfever.�Themultid- rugresistancephenotypehasbecomecom- moninS. typhiand,�toalesserextent,�S. paratyphi� (ParryandThrelfall,� 2008)� and� thishasledtogreaterrelianceonother� agents,�particularlyfluoroquinolones.� Promisingresultswithciprofloxacin� suggestedthatitwasmoreeffectiveinthe� treatmentofuncomplicatedentericfever� inareaswithhighratesofmultidrugresist- ancesalmonellae� (Alametal,� 1995)� and� quinolonesalsohavesignificantlyreduced� failureratescomparedwithsomefirst-line� agentsinentericfevercausedbysuscepti- bleisolates� (Thaveretal,� 2008).� Unfortunately,� overthepastdecade,� iso- lateswithdecreasedciprofloxacinsuscepti- bilityhavebecomemorecommonandare� associatedwithtreatmentfailureand� relapse� (Chuangetal,� 2009).� Atthe� HospitalforTropicalDiseases,� London,� salmonellaewithdecreasedciprofloxacin�
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
business.industry
medicine.drug_class
Osteomyelitis
General Medicine
Quinolone
Microbiology
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Young Adult
Internal medicine
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
medicine
Quinolines
Humans
Female
Typhoid Fever
business
Typhoid osteomyelitis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17508460
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9b8fb1e94ab4ab82bddb05330459d6cb