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538813

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
A single injection of a long-acting oily preparation of chloramphenicol (Tifomycine) was compared with a five-day course of crystalline and procaine penicillin in the treatment of 131 adult patients with meningococcal meningitis. The clinical response to treatment was similar in the two groups of patients. Serial lumbar punctures showed a parallel fall in CSF cell count, protein and lactate and all posttreatment cultures were sterile. Single injection chloramphenicol treatment was cheaper and much easier to administer than penicillin. Long-acting chloramphenicol is thus an effective form of treatment for meningococcal meningitis and is likely to prove of particular value in the management of epidemics in areas with limited medical resources.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
698-702
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Single injection treatment of meningococcal meningitis. 2. Long-acting chloramphenicol.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial