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Indian scientists identify better drug treatment for severe scrub typhus

Indian scientists identify better drug treatment for severe scrub typhus
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New Delhi, Mar 6 (PTI) A team of Indian scientists has identified a significantly more effective treatment for severe scrub typhus – a life-threatening bacterial infection that kills thousands of people every year.

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), shows that treating patients with a combination of intravenous antibiotics doxycycline and azithromycin is more effective than the current monotherapy of using either drug alone.

Using data from the Intravenous Treatment for Scrub Typhus (INTREST) clinical trial, researchers from several Indian institutes compared the efficacy and safety of three 7-day intravenous antibiotic treatments (doxycycline, azithromycin, or a combination of both) in patients with severe scrub typhus.


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