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Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences | Volume-7 | Issue 05
“Treatment of Enteric Fever in Children Comparison of Efficaciousness of Ciprofloxacin with Ceftriaxone: A Study in Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh”
A K M Khairul Islam, Quamrun Nahar, Md. Jahangir Alam, Mirza Md. Ziaul Islam, Md. Aynal Hoque
Published: May 30, 2019 | 71 50
DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i05.061
Pages: 1994-2000
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Abstract
Aim and Objective: To match the clinical effectualness of ciprofloxacin vs ceftriaxone in terms of the proportion of Children turning into symptom in ninety six hours. Study Design: Randomized controlled style study. Place and length of Study: Department of Pediatrics, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh from March 2017 to September 2017. Methodology: 88Children UN agency consummated the clinical criteria of getting typhoid were enclosed within the study. They came to the indoor and out of doors of the department. Forty four patients were treated with injectable Cipro, whereas 44 were treated with injectable ceftriaxone. Results: The study enclosed 88 patients with feverish malady UN agency were suspected of getting typhoid. The mean age was 8.3±1.94 years and 41 (46.6%) were males. The mean weight was 24.7 ± 6.3 kg. Only fifteen (17%) used stewed water as a routine. 68 (77.3%) Children in total became symptom inside 96 hours and twenty (22.7%) did not become symptom in 96 hours. within the Cipro cluster, 25 (56.8%) patients became symptom in ninety six hours and nineteen (43.1%) did not become symptom in ninety six hours. within the ceftriaxone cluster, 43 (97.7%) patients became symptom in ninety six hours and one (2.3%) did not become symptom in ninety six hours. The proportion of patients turning into symptom inside ninety six hours was considerably higher within the ceftriaxone cluster as compared to the Cipro cluster, p= 0.00. Conclusion: ceftriaxone is simpler in Children with typhoid in terms of bigger proportion of Children turning into symptom in ninety six hours.