Gatifloxacin versus ofloxacin for the treatment of uncomplicated enteric fever in Nepal: an open-label, randomized, controlled trial.

• Main Authors: Samir Koirala (Author), Buddha Basnyat (Author), Amit Arjyal (Author), Olita Shilpakar (Author), Kabina Shrestha (Author), Rishav Shrestha (Author), Upendra Man Shrestha (Author), Krishna Agrawal (Author), Kanika Deshpande Koirala (Author), Sudeep Dhoj Thapa (Author), Abhilasha Karkey (Author), Sabina Dongol (Author), Abhishek Giri (Author), Mila Shakya (Author), Kamal Raj Pathak (Author), James Campbell (Author), Stephen Baker (Author), Jeremy Farrar (Author), Marcel Wolbers (Author), Christiane Dolecek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fluoroquinolones are the most commonly used group of antimicrobials for the treatment of enteric fever, but no direct comparison between two fluoroquinolones has been performed in a large randomised trial. An open-label randomized trial was conducted to investigate whether gatifloxacin is more effec...