Abstract
To establish optimal therapy for severe dysentery due to Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Shigella flexneri, we compared in a prospective randomized trial two oral ampicillin doses (50 and 150 mg/kg per day) in 57 children and 39 adults in Dacca, Bangladesh. Clinical failure did not occur in either group, indicating that conventional doses need not be increased even in severe disease. Among children 3 years of age or under, bacteriological relapses tended to be more frequent in the low-dose group and were not related to serum levels of ampicillin, nutritional status, or the severity of colitis on admission. Therefore, we recommend that younger children be treated with 100 mg/kg per day of oral ampicillin.
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