Chloramphenicol (chloromycetin) in the Treatment of Tsutsugamushi Disease (scrub Typhus).
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The present paper augments information previously published on the first 25 patients with scrub typhus to receive chloromycetin (1) and reviews our experience in the use of this drug in the treatment of a total of 69 persons who contracted tsutsugamushi disease in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya. The results obtained in this group are compared with those observed in 19 patients with the disease who received only supportive therapy and in three who were given p-aminobenzoic acid.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of clinical investigation
دوره 28 5 Pt 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1949