ORAL AZITHROMYCIN VS DOXYCYCLINE IN TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SCRUB TYPHUS WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: A753- Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/01/017012
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Joseph John
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 114
Inclusion Criteria
Patients falling under the â??suspected, probable and confirmed case definitions â?? as per IAP guidelines on Ricketssial diseases in children based on clinical and epidemiological criterias
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with a known allergy to either of these drugs
Patients participating in other clinical trials
Children with any other known systemic illness
Children with any major congenital malformations Â
Children who have received antimicrobial drugs with antirickettsial activity in the preceeding 2 weeks (doxycycline/azithromycin/chloramphenicol/rifampicin)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method