4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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Question
To, Dr. Ira shah Madam, kindly clarify about the use of azithromycin in typhoid fever and what is the duration of treatment and what is the dosage? You have mentioned about azithromycin in your article. Thank you Dr.n.p.viswanathan.
Answer
Azithromycin in doses of 10-20 mg/kg/day for 5-7 days has been tried for treatment of uncomplicated enteric fever in various studies:

Ref:
1. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Nov;31(5):1134-8. Epub 2000 Nov 6.
2. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Apr 1;38(7):951-7. Epub 2004 Mar 12.
3. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1999) 44, 243-250
 
 
 
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