Ceftriaxone as effective as long-acting chloramphenicol in short-course treatment of meningococcal meningitis during epidemics: a randomised non-inferiority study.

N. Nathan; T. Borel; A. Djibo; D. Evans; S. Djibo; J. F. Corty; M. Guillerm; K. P. Alberti; L. Pinoges; P. J. Guerin; D. Legros

Ceftriaxone as effective as long-acting chloramphenicol in short-course treatment of meningococcal meningitis during epidemics: a randomised non-inferiority study.

N. Nathan ¹ T. Borel ¹ A. Djibo ² D. Evans ¹ S. Djibo ³ J. F. Corty ⁴ M. Guillerm ⁴ K. P. Alberti ¹ L. Pinoges ¹ P. J. Guerin ^{1, *} D. Legros ¹

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1 Epicentre [Paris] [Médecins Sans Frontières]

2 Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Lutte contre les Endémies

3 CERMES - Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (Niamey, Niger)

4 MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières

Abstract : Single-dose ceftriaxone provides an alternative treatment for epidemic meningococcal meningitis--its efficacy, ease of use, and low cost favour its use. National and international health partners should consider ceftriaxone as an alternative first-line treatment to chloramphenicol for epidemic meningococcal meningitis.

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Microbiology and Parasitology / Bacteriology

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Ceftriaxone as effective as long-acting chloramphenicol in short-course treatment of meningococcal meningitis during epidemics: a randomised non-inferiority study.

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