CHLORAMPHENICOL IN TREATMENT OF TYPHOID IN CHINA
- 5 April 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 148 (14) , 1188-1193
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1952.02930140020006
Abstract
Since chloramphenicol was first used in the treatment of typhoid in 1948 by Woodward,1 many others have borne witness to the startling salutary effects of this drug whether given early or late in the course of the disease. A complete review of the literature on this subject would fill many pages, but such reports as seemed most pertinent are listed,2 only four of these3 coming from China. The treatment carried out by these observers was begun on varying days of the disease, but with similar beneficial results, i. e., a drop in the temperature associated with clinical improvement in two to four days regardless of the severity of the disease. Nevertheless, some authors are of the opinion that recovery is delayed in those patients who are more critically ill. Nearly all of the reported cases were proved to be of typhoid by positive cultures of the blood,Keywords
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