Abstract
The clinical findings of 24 pediatric inpatients at Hacettepe Children's Hospital during the 1981 typhoid fever epidemic in Ankara, are discussed. Except for the discordance between low pulse-rate and high temperature, all the patients presented the classical picture. Response to chloramphenicol and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was very good.
Keywords: chloramphenicol treatment, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment, typhoid fever in childhood
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