Shortened antibiotic therapy of meningococcal meningitis: 5-day administration of ceftriaxone

Auvergnat, J.C.; Le Tallec, J.Y.; Marchou, B.; Massip, P.; Carrière, J.P.; Armengaud, M.; Auvergnat, J.C; Le Tallec, J.Y; Marchou, B; Massip, P; Carrière, J.P; Armengaud, M

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Shortened antibiotic therapy of meningococcal meningitis: 5-day administration of ceftriaxone

Auvergnat, J.C.; Le Tallec, J.Y.; Marchou, B.; Massip, P.; Carrière, J.P.; Armengaud, M.

Pathologie-Biologie 36(5 Part 2): 735-737

1988

ISSN/ISBN: 0369-8114

PMID: 3054758

Document Number: 315081

In an open study, twenty cases of meningococcal meningitis have been treated by ceftriaxone for five days. Therapeutic results presented in this study are consistent with findings reported in similar conditions, and agree for shortened treatment of meningococcal meningitis with ceftriaxone.