Treatment of epidemic typhus. A comparative study of chloramphenicol, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole and doxycycline

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1973;67(5):718-21. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(73)90043-6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Blood / microbiology
  • Chloramphenicol / therapeutic use*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Fever / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rwanda
  • Sulfamethoxazole / therapeutic use*
  • Trimethoprim / therapeutic use*
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Chloramphenicol
  • Trimethoprim
  • Sulfamethoxazole
  • Doxycycline