TREATMENT OF TYPHOID FEVER. II. CONTROL OF CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS WITH CORTISONE
Authors: T E WOODWARD, H E HALL, R DIAS-RIVERA, J A HIGHTOWER, E MARTINEZ, R T PARKER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 January 1951TREATMENT OF TYPHOID FEVER. II. CONTROL OF CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS WITH CORTISONET. E. WOODWARD, M.D., H. E. HALL, M.D., R. DIAS-RIVERA, M.D., J. A. HIGHTOWER, M.D., E. MARTINEZ, M.D., R. T. PARKER, M.D.T. E. WOODWARD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. E. HALL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. DIAS-RIVERA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. A. HIGHTOWER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, E. MARTINEZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. T. PARKER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-1-10 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDespite the obvious benefits of chloramphenicol therapy in typhoid fever,1, 2there are several problems in this disease which remain to be solved: (1) The present chloramphenicol regimens do not alleviate the toxemia of the disease for at least 36 to 48 hours and fail to eliminate the fever until about the fourth day; (2) relapses of typhoid fever occur in a certain percentage of treated patients3; (3)Salmonella typhosacontinues to be shed in the feces for variable periods of time after therapy is begun,2and (4) the typhoid carrier state when it exists is not permanently benefited by...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 27, 1950.From the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the Tropical Research Medical Laboratory, U. S. Army, San Juan, Puerto Rico.This study supported by a grant from Parke, Davis and Company, Detroit, Michigan; the McCormick Company, Inc., Baltimore, and the Commission of Immunization of the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board.The cortisone acetate in this study was supplied by Merck and Company, Rahway, New Jersey. 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