Unal S, Hayran M, Tuncer S, Gür D, Uzun O, Akova M, Akalin H E
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Dec;40(12):2898-900. doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.12.2898.
In this prospective study of enteric fever, 22 patients received 400 mg of pefloxacin twice daily for 5 days (group A) and 24 received 400 mg of pefloxacin twice daily for 7 days (group B). Causative microorganisms were Salmonella typhi (8 in group A, 11 in group B) and Salmonella paratyphi B (14 in group A, 13 in group B). The clinical cure and bacterial eradication rates were 96% (21 of 22) in group A and 100% in group B. In conclusion, 5-day oral administration of pefloxacin was as effective as 7-day treatment of enteric fever caused by Salmonella spp.