PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Drugs for typhoid fever
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.4.9.33
DP  - 1966 Apr 29
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 33--34
VI  - 4
IP  - 9
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/4/9/33.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/4/9/33.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1966 Apr 29; 4
AB  - Chloramphenicol has been the standard drug in typhoid fever for almost twenty years. It does however carry a small but gave risk of producing marrow aplasia,1 2 and a safe and equally effective alternative would therefore be preferable. Ampicillin in particular must be considered.