Trial of chloramphenicol for meningitis in northern savanna of Africa.

In a controlled trial chloramphenicol proved as effective and much cheaper than penicillin for the treatment of group A meningococcal meningitis in Zaria, Nigeria. A short course of five days cured most patients. Adults and older children were soon able to take chloramphenicol by mouth, which reduce...

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Những tác giả chính: Whittle, H, Davidson, N, Greenwood, B, Warrell, D, Tomkins, A, Tugwell, P, Zalin, A, Bryceson, A, Parry, E, Brueton, M, Duggan, M, Rajković, A
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 1973