One week ciprofloxacin versus two weeks chloramphenicol treatment of enterica in Egypt

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted on 30 patients diagnosed as enterica by isolation of salmonella organism from blood and/or bone marrow cultures. The received ciprofloxacin 500 mg orally twice daily for one week, the cure rate was 96.7%, no carrier slate or relapse was encountered with minimal adverse effects. Another 20 patients diagnosed as enterica treated with chloramphenicol 50 mg/kg body weight orally for 2 weeks, the cure rate was 95%, 15% of patients become convalescent carriers and 5% showed relapse. One week treatment with ciprofloxacin is superior to 2 weeks treatment with chloramphenicol in the treatment of enterica in Egypt