Is azithromycin better than current first line treatments for typhoid and paratyphoid fever? Evidence Update, Other Infectious Diseases Series, January 2010.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2010

• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Health

Abstract

Each Evidence Update is a 2-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle-income countries.

This Evidence Update is adapted from from Effa E E, Bukirwa H. Azithromycin for treating uncomplicated typhoid and paratyphoid fever (enteric fever). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD006083. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006083.pub2.

Azithromycin is at least as good as fluoroquinolones, but more expensive

Citation

Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, 2 pp

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Is azithromycin better than current first line treatments for typhoid and paratyphoid fever? Evidence Update, Other Infectious Diseases Series, January 2010.

Published 1 January 2010