Trial reportArchives of disease in childhood1996
Effects on growth of single short courses of fluoroquinolones.
Trial report in Archives of disease in childhood, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ciprofloxacin safety in paediatrics: a systematic review.Archives of disease in childhood · 2011Pooled it
- A multi-center randomized trial to assess the efficacy of gatifloxacin versus ciprofloxacin for the treatment of shigellosis in Vietnamese children.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2011Trial
- Randomized controlled comparison of ofloxacin, azithromycin, and an ofloxacin-azithromycin combination for treatment of multidrug-resistant and nalidixic acid-resistant typhoid fever.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2007Trial
- Pharmacokinetics of oral and intravenous ofloxacin in children with multidrug-resistant typhoid fever.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 1996Trial
- Population pharmacokinetics of intravenous and oral ciprofloxacin in children to optimize dosing regimens.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2021Article
- Safety Concerns Surrounding Quinolone Use in Children.Journal of clinical pharmacology · 2016Review
- Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Laboratory Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Antimicrobial Management of Invasive Salmonella Infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2015Review
- Oxidative stress induced by fluoroquinolones on treatment for complicated urinary tract infections in Indian patients.Journal of young pharmacists : JYP · 2011Article
- Ciprofloxacin. An updated review of its pharmacology, therapeutic efficacy and tolerability.Drugs · 1996Review
- Tolerability of fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Past, present and future.Drug safety · 1995Review
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to document the effects of short courses of fluoroquinolones given during an outbreak of multidrug resistant typhoid fever in southern Viet Nam on the growth of children over a period of two years. In a prospective cohort study, 326 Vietnamese children aged between 1 and 14 years were followed up for two years after receiving either ciprofloxacin (70 mg/kg given over 7 d) (n = 173) or ofloxacin (45-50 mg/kg given over 3-5 d) (n = 153) for suspected typhoid fever. Growth velocity and weight for height were compared with an age matched control group of children from the same locality (n = 223) who had not contracted typhoid or received any fluoroquinolones. In the ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin treated patients there was no evidence of acute joint toxicity, nor of any joint symptoms attributable to either of the fluoroquinolones. There was no difference in expected weight for height measurements between the three groups of children over the two year period. During the first year, height velocity in ciprofloxacin treated children was greater than in either ofloxacin treated children or untreated controls. Height velocity in the latter two groups was not significantly different. After two years height velocity was similar in the three groups. The results support the use of short course fluoroquinolone treatment in childhood typhoid, especially when caused by strains resistant to other antibiotics.
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