title: Experience with ofloxacin in enteric fever.
abstract: Ofloxacin 200 mg b.i.d. for 8 days was employed in 28 patients with enteric fever with a positive blood culture. All patients were cured clinically and bacteriologically. The fever subsided within a mean of 3.1 days (range 1.6.5.3). No relapse, clinical or bacteriological, was observed when patients were followed up for 12 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sabbour
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Osman
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D015242:Ofloxacin