Clinical trial recommends new antibiotic for treating typhoid in low income countries
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 04:30
in Health & Medicine
A large clinical trial comparing treatments for typhoid has recommended the use of gatifloxacin, a new generation and affordable antibiotic. The results of the trial in Kathmandu, Nepal, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Li Ka Shing Foundation, are published today in the Lancet Infectious Diseases.