title: Trimethoprim in enteric fever.
abstract: Seventy-one patients suffering from typhoid or paratyphoid fever were treated with trimethoprim. Sixty-three were cured. Only three patients continued to excrete Salmonella typhi in stools at the time of discharge from hospital. Trimethoprim alone is a suitable agent for the treatment of enteric fever.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A; D012484:Salmonella paratyphi B; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D014295:Trimethoprim