Comparative trial of short-course ofloxacin for uncomplicated typhoid fever in Vietnamese children

Vinh, Ha, Duong, Nguyen Minh, Phuong, Le Thi, Truong, Nguyen Thanh, Bay, Phan Van Be, Wain, J, Diep, To Song, Ho, Vo Anh, White, Nicholas J., Day, Nicholas P.J. and Parry, Christopher M. (2005) Comparative trial of short-course ofloxacin for uncomplicated typhoid fever in Vietnamese children. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics: International Child Health, 25 (1). pp. 17-22.

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Abstract

An open, randomised comparison of 2 or 3 days of oral ofloxacin (10 mg/kg/day) for uncomplicated typhoid fever was conducted in 235 Vietnamese children. Multi-drug-resistant Salmonella typhi was isolated from 182/202 (90%) children and 5/166 (3%) tested isolates were nalidixic acid-resistant (NaR). Eighty-nine of 116 children randomised to 2 days and 107/119 randomised to 3 days were blood culture-positive and eligible for analysis. There were 12 (13.5%) failures in the 2-day group (six clinical failures, four blood culture-positive post treatment, two relapses) compared with eight (7.5%) failures in the 3-day group (four clinical failures, one blood culture-positive post treatment, three relapses) (OR 1.9, 95% CI 0.7–5.5,p = 0.17). There were no significant differences in the mean (95% confidence interval) fever clearance times (h) [92 (82-102) vs 101 (93-110), p = 0.18] or duration of hospitalisation (d) [7.6 (7.2-8.1) vs 8.0 (7.6-8.4), p = 0.19] between the two groups. There was one failure in the four eligible children infected with an NaR isolate of S. typhi. No adverse events were attributable to the ofloxacin. These results extend previous observations on the efficacy of short courses of ofloxacin for children with uncomplicated multi-drug-resistant typhoid fever.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Medical Microbiology (former - to 2018)
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2011 09:48
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2023 17:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33571
DOI:	10.1179/146532805X23308

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