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Article Dans Une Revue The Lancet Année : 2005

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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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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Bactériologie

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pasteur-00561858 , version 1 (02-02-2011)

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N. Nathan, T. Borel, A. Djibo, D. Evans, S. Djibo, et al.. Ceftriaxone as effective as long-acting chloramphenicol in short-course treatment of meningococcal meningitis during epidemics: a randomised non-inferiority study.. The Lancet, 2005, 366 (9482), pp.308-13. ⟨10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66792-X⟩. ⟨pasteur-00561858⟩

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