Saturday, December 24, 2011

meropenem not effective in enteric fever

i am seeing many pts who were given meropenem for enteric fever for 8 to 10 days by some pediatricians.these pts continued to have high fever.these all pts responded very well either to ceftriaxone alone or cxone+ofloxacin within 4 to5 days.one pt responded nicely to oral cefuroxime.using meropenem for enteric fever is in my opinion wastage of both time and money.

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