Suggest treatment for severe typhoid fever
Patient: Hiii doc..my mother hv typhoid she is in icu..she has never any improvement by 4 days in the hospital.she suffer the typhoid from the 6or7 days.she has vry complicate situation...what cn i do for her....every doc try there best but....i am helpless to my mom Doctor: You have not mentioned what were the tests done to confirm typhoid. Widal alone is not sufficient. Please check with your doctor if ‘blood culture’ was done. This tests not only confirms typhoid, but also provides details on the list of antibiotics that are capable of working against Salmonella bacteria. Instead of administering any antibiotic, it is crucial that only the antibiotics that were sensitive are administered. If you do not have the time for this, at least check if I.V Ceftriaxone is on the drug list. Please also watch out for any gastrointestinal and other complications that can occur due to typhoid.