Co-trimoxazole versus azithromycin for the treatment of undifferentiated febrile illness in Nepal: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Pokharel, Sunil; Basnyat, Buddha; Arjyal, Amit; Pathak Mahat, Saruna; Kumar KC, Raj; Bhuju, Abhusani; Poudyal, Buddhi; Kestelyn, Evelyne; Shrestha, Ritu; Nguyễn Thị Phương, Dung; Thapa, Rajkumar; Karki, Manan; Dongol, Sabina; Karkey, Abhilasha; Wolbers, Marcel; Baker, Stephen; Thwaites, Guy

doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2199-6

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Co-trimoxazole versus azithromycin for the treatment of undifferentiated febrile illness in Nepal: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Published in Trials • Oct 2, 2017

Authors:

Sunil Pokharel

Buddha Basnyat

Amit Arjyal

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Undifferentiated febrile illness (UFI) includes typhoid and typhus fevers and generally designates fever without any localizing signs. UFI is a great therapeutic challenge in countries like Nepal because of the lack of available point-of-care, rapid diagnostic tests. Often patients are e...

Subject

Azithromycin

Medicine

Randomized controlled trial

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