PMID: 8991346Mar 1, 1996Paper

Typhoid perforation treated with and without metronidazole along with chloramphenicol, gentamycin

JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
K JavaidG Ahmad

Abstract

Forty cases of typhoid ileal perforation were treated surgically in three years. Chloramphenicol and gentamycin were given to 20 patients, while the remaining 20, received Metronidazole additionally. The mortality rate was 60 percent in the first and 40 percent in the second group.

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