Treatment of enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid fever) with third and fourth generation cephalosporins
Stoesser N., Eyre D., Basnyat B., Parry C.
© 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To evaluate third and fourth generation cephalosporins in the treatment of enteric fever in children and adults compared with other antibiotics. The primary objectives are: to identify whether the drugs under scrutiny are clinically effective which is the optimal agent and at what dose what is the most appropriate route of administration what is the ideal treatment duration Therefore, we will perform within-class comparisons and an assessment of third and fourth generation cephalosporin treatment duration.