Abstract
This study included twelve premature infants with Salmonella typhimurium infection in most of whom previous antibacterial therapy had failed. Cefotaxime and amikacin combination cured nine of the patients. One patient improved as a result of this therapy but had cholecystitis. The treatment proved to be unsuccessful in three patients, and they died.
Keywords: premature infants, Salmonella typhimurium, cefotaxime, amikacin
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Copyright © 1988 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
