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S Ramachandran

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A comparative trial of co-trimoxazole and chloramphenicol in thyphoid and paratyphoid fever.

A comparative trial of co-trimoxazole and chloramphenicol was carried out on 91 patients, 57 having typhoid fever and 34 cases having paratyphoid fever. Co-trimoxazole is an effective drug in the treatment of enteric fevers with respect to clinical cure, absence of relapses and the mild nature of short term toxic drug effects. Unlike some of the earlier reports, treatment failure or non-responsiveness to the drug occurred in just under 10 per cent of the cases and would constitute a drawback of therapy with co-trimoxazole. This feature was not observed in the patients receiving chloramphenicol. The excretion of Salmonellae after drug therapy was more common with chloramphenicol than with co-trimoxazole, again indicating the value of the latter drug in the treatment of enteric fevers.

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Hepatic trauma and amoebic liver abscess.

A patient with a history of severe trauma over the hepatic area followed 2 weeks later by a large amoebic liver abscess of the right lobe is described. The possible role of hepatic trauma in the genesis of liver abscess is discussed. A history of hepatic trauma should not distract the clinician from diagnosing an amoebic liver abscess when suggestive symptoms and signs occur.

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