The Pattern of the Use of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Children with Typhoid Fever in Fatmawati Hospital Jakarta, 2001-2002

Lili Musnelina; Ahmad Fuad Afdhal; Ascobat Gani; Pratiwi Andayani

doi:10.7454/msk.v8i1.271

Makara Journal of Health Research (Oct 2010)

The Pattern of the Use of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Children with Typhoid Fever in Fatmawati Hospital Jakarta, 2001-2002

Lili Musnelina,
Ahmad Fuad Afdhal,
Ascobat Gani,
Pratiwi Andayani

Affiliations

Lili Musnelina: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, National Institute of Science and Technology, Jakarta 12640
Ahmad Fuad Afdhal: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, National Institute of Science and Technology, Jakarta 12640
Ascobat Gani: Department of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424
Pratiwi Andayani: Fatmawati Hospital, Jakarta

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7454/msk.v8i1.271
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 27 – 31

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This study was a retrospective study using a descriptive design on the treatment of typhoid fever involving 182 children at Fatmawati Hospital Jakarta. Chloramphenicol was still the drug of choice againts Salmolella typhi. It was also shown that ceftriaxone was an alternative drug used rather frequently for typhoid fever in children.

Published in Makara Journal of Health Research

ISSN: 2356-3664 (Print); 2356-3656 (Online)
Publisher: Universitas Indonesia
Country of publisher: Indonesia
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/mjhr/

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