Single Dose of Azithromycin or Three-Day Course of Ciprofloxacin as Therapy for Epidemic Dysentery in Kenya

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 942 - 943
• Main Authors: Shanks, G. D., Smoak, B. L., Aleman, G. M., Oundo, J., Waiyaki, P. G., Dunne, M. W., Petersen, L.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01.10.1999; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Antibacterial agents; Antibiotics; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Biological and medical sciences; Brief Reports; Dosage; Dysentery; Epidemics; Human experimentation; Medical research; Medical sciences; Medications; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Placebos; Shigella; Shigella dysenteriae; Tropical medicine; Kenya; Africa; Human; Azithromycin; Single dose; Shigella dysenteriae; Duration; Macrolide; Shigellosis; Infection; Antibiotic; Chemotherapy; Fluoroquinolone derivatives; Treatment; Bacteriosis; Digestive diseases; Bacteria; Intestinal disease; Dysentery; Antibacterial agent; Ciprofloxacin; Therapeutic protocol; Comparative study; Quinolone derivatives; Enterobacteriaceae

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