Effect of ciprofloxacin on carrier rate of Neisseria meningitidis in army recruits in Finland | Zendy

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Effect of ciprofloxacin on carrier rate of Neisseria meningitidis in army recruits in Finland

Author(s) -

O V Renkonen,

Kaarina Sivonen,

R. Visakorpi

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.31.6.962

Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , ciprofloxacin , carriage , neisseriaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , placebo , colonization , neisseria , meningococcal vaccine , meningococcal disease , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , genetics , alternative medicine , pathology

The efficacy of ciprofloxacin in eradicating pharyngeal colonization of Neisseria meningitidis was studied among army recruits in Finland. Ciprofloxacin (250 mg) or placebo was given twice a day for 2 days to 118 meningococcal carriers. Meningococcal carriage was eradicated in 96% of subjects given ciprofloxacin and in 13% of those given placebos.

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