Typhoid perforation treated with and without metronidazole along with chloramphenicol, gentamycin.
Forty cases of typhoid ileal perforation were treated surgically in three years. Chloramphenicol and gentamycin were given to 20 patients, while the remaining 20, received Metronidazole additionally. The mortality rate was 60 percent in the first and 40 percent in the second group.
Javaid
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Department of Surgery, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad.
Dab
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Rathore
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Ahmad
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D005839:Gentamicins; D008795:Metronidazole; D002701:Chloramphenicol