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Clinical Trial
. 1992 Jun;28(3):220-2.
doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1992.tb02649.x.

Single daily dose ceftriaxone therapy in epiglottitis

G J Knight  1 , M A Harris, M Parbari, M J O'Callaghan, I B Masters
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Clinical Trial

Single daily dose ceftriaxone therapy in epiglottitis

G J Knight et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 1992 Jun.

Abstract

Ceftriaxone as a single daily intravenous dose for 5 days was used to treat seven patients with proven Haemophilus influenzae epiglottitis. All children responded favourably. The serum levels achieved exceeded the MIC by up to 1500 times at the trough level during and for up to 24 h after the completion of the treatment. Side effects were mild and transient and did not disrupt the continuity of the treatment. Ceftriaxone potentially offers a number of clinical and economic advantages in the management of epiglottitis.

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    Shann F. Shann F. J Paediatr Child Health. 1992 Jun;28(3):217-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1992.tb02647.x. J Paediatr Child Health. 1992. PMID: 1605970 No abstract available.

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