Levofloxacin treatment of children with 38 cases of typhoid fever.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Levofloxacin treatment of children with 38 cases of typhoid fever [Abstract] Objective: To explore an effective way to treat typhoid fever of children, opening up new areas of treatment methods. Methods: Retrospective analysis of November 2000 - 2008 March 38 treated patients diagnosed with typhoid fever cases with levofloxacin in the treatment of clinical data : The use of levofloxacin in the treatment group of children in chills, fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, cough, and so significant effect, with a total effective rate was 92.11%. Conclusion: Levofloxacin treatment of children with typhoid fever is a new treatment, to create a children new ways to treat typhoid fever, although its application in the pediatric field have different controversial, but it is an effective treatment for typhoid way this group of patients after treatment with 0.5 to 1-year follow-up observation, found no joint swelling, pain and claudication and other adverse reactions. [Keywords] levofloxacin; typhoid; children Over the years, traditional treatment programs in children with typhoid fever due to chloramphenicol toxicity, and ampicillin resistance was replaced by third-generation cephalosporins, in recent years, due to the overuse of antibiotics and unreasonable application of, third-generation cephalosporin-resistant strains increasing, in order to explore effective ways to treat typhoid fever of children, November 2000 - 2008 March levofloxacin treatment of children with typhoid fever, 38 cases of significant effect, as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information The group of 38 patients, 23 males (60.53%) and 15 females (39.47%), 7 to 9 years old in 14 cases (36.84%), 9 to 14 years in 24 patients (63.16%). Incidence of the season: year round have the disease, mainly in summer and autumn. 1.2 Clinical manifestations Fever in 38 cases (100%), irregular fever in 29 cases (76.32%), missed heat in 4 cases (10.53%), remit