ORAL CEFIXIME VERSUS ORAL CO-TRIMOXAZOLE IN THE  TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED TYPHOID FEVER IN CHILDREN  (1-14 YEARS): A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Harish Kumar B, Bhuvanesh B T, , Vijaykumar Murteli, Shailesh S Patil

ORAL CEFIXIME VERSUS ORAL CO-TRIMOXAZOLE IN THE TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED TYPHOID FEVER IN CHILDREN (1-14 YEARS): A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Authors

Harish Kumar B, Bhuvanesh B T, , Vijaykumar Murteli, Shailesh S Patil

Keywords:

Typhoid Fever; Cefixime; Co-trimoxazole; Defervescence; Clinical Cure; clinical failure.

Abstract

The typhoid fever caused bysalmonella typhi remains a serious problemin developing countries like India. It isestimated that more than 26.9 million typhoid fever cases occur annually out of which 1%result in death

References

1] Bhutta Zulfiqar Ahmed, Kleigman Stanton, St Geme, Schor Behrman. Entric fever (typhoid fever). Nelsons textbook of Pediatrics 2019; 2: 21st edition chapter 225.2;1502-07.

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Published

2026-05-15

How to Cite

Harish Kumar B, Bhuvanesh B T, , Vijaykumar Murteli, Shailesh S Patil. (2026). ORAL CEFIXIME VERSUS ORAL CO-TRIMOXAZOLE IN THE TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED TYPHOID FEVER IN CHILDREN (1-14 YEARS): A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL. International Journal of Pharmacy Research & Technology (IJPRT), 16(1), 2605–2624. Retrieved from https://ijprt.org/index.php/pub/article/view/1923