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Suspected typhoid
Is 400 mg cefixime 2 a day = 800 mg along with 500mg azithromycin twice a day =1000 mg treatment standard? Can it be taken or is it high dose?
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There is no role of 2 antibiotics in Typhoid.
Only one antibiotics is required either Azithromycin or cefixime .
Dose is correct cefixime 400 mg and Azithromycin 1 gm
But duration must be 14 days if diagnosis of Typhoid is correctly made clinically and by lab test.
If there is a doubt in Typhoid Diagnosis 7 day treatment is sufficient.
No scientific proof for using two antibiotics
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Yes above doses for 7days is enough,if clinical improvement is there.
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