Efficacy and Tolerability of Antibiotic Combinations in Neurobrucellosis Results of the Istanbul Study
 
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Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Dergi ISSN 0066-4804 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 03-2012
Kabul Tarihi 12-04-2026 Yayınlanma Tarihi
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 56 / 3 / 1523–1528 DOI 10.1128/AAC.05974-11
Makale Linki http://aac.asm.org/cgi/doi/10.1128/AAC.05974-11
Özet
No data on whether brucellar meningitis or meningoencephalitis can be treated with oral antibiotics or whether an intravenous extended-spectrum cephalosporin, namely, ceftriaxone, which does not accumulate in phagocytes, should be added to the regimen exist in the literature. The aim of a study conducted in Istanbul, Turkey, was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of ceftriaxone-based antibiotic treatment regimens with those of an oral treatment protocol in patients with these conditions. This retrospective study enrolled 215 adult patients in 28 health care institutions from four different countries. The first protocol (P1) comprised ceftriaxone, rifampin, and doxycycline. The second protocol (P2) consisted of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, rifampin, and doxycycline. In the third protocol (P3), the patients started with P1 and transferred to P2 when ceftriaxone was stopped. The treatment period was shorter with the …
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Efficacy and Tolerability of Antibiotic Combinations in Neurobrucellosis Results of the Istanbul Study

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