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Therapeutic efficacy of oral oxamniquine in the treatment of prolonged septicem...
Lambertucci, José Roberto; Marinho, Roberto Pedercini; Ferreira, Maria das Dores; Neves, Jayme; Pedroso, Ênio Roberto PietraThirty-five patients with Prolonged Septicemic Salmonellosis were selected for this trial. Twenty patients (Group 1) were treated with a single oral dose of oxamniquine (15-20mg/kg body weight) and 15 (Group 2) were treated with cloramphenicol (50mg/kg body weight, for 15-20 days). Clinical, laboratory and radiological examinations were performed before and after treatment. Eight Group 1 patients (40%) presente...
The value of the Widal test in the diagnosis of Prolonged Septicemic Salmonellosis
Lambertucci, José Roberto; Marinho, Roberto Pedercini; Ferreira, Maria das Dores; Neves, JaymeTwenty patients with prolonged septicemic salmonellosis (Group 1) and 20 with schistosomiasis mansoni (Group 2) were selected for this study. In both groups, the Widal test was done using antigens of the sample Ty 901 (S. typhi). The test was also applied in 6 group 1 patients with antigens prepared from salmonellae isolated from these patients (autoantigens). Titres over 1:200 were considered significant. Ten ...