title: Early clinical response to different therapeutic regimens for human brucellosis.
abstract: Seventy-three cases of acute brucellosis were studied in relation to fever duration and hospital stay following different drug combinations, including gentamicin plus cotrimoxazole, rifampicin plus doxycycline, rifampicin plus cotrimoxazole, rifampicin plus tetracycline, streptomycin plus doxycycline, doxycycline plus cotrimoxazole, tetracycline plus cotrimoxazole, and tetracycline plus streptomycin. No statistical significant difference was found between these combinations regarding early clinical response in human brucellosis.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha Branch, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017347:Brucella melitensis; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D005839:Gentamicins; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D013752:Tetracycline; D004318:Doxycycline; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin