Treatment of chronic typhoid carriers with ampicillin.
Ten chronic enteric typhoid carriers treated with oral ampicillin have been followed for 4 to 9 years and no relapses have occurred. Patients are probably cured if relapse does not occur within 2 years.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000667:Ampicillin