During a 5-year period, 280 of 2010 patients admitted to the meningitis ward of a referral
hospital in Cairo, Egypt, were clinically diagnosed as having tuberculous meningitis and were …

Accepted for publication Sept. 11, 1989. From the Abbassia Fever Hospital, United States
Naval Medical Research Unit No.'Л and the Egyptian Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt.

A total of 108 children aged 4–17 years were randomized to receive 7 days of azithromycin (10
mg/kg/day; maximum, 500 mg/day) or ceftriaxone (75 mg/kg/day; maximum, 2.5 g/day), to …

A total of 1,430 patients with the presumptive diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis were
admitted to the US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3/Abbassia Fever Hospital in Cairo, Egypt …

To compare clinical and bacteriological efficacies of azithromycin and ciprofloxacin for typhoid
fever, 123 adults with fever and signs of uncomplicated typhoid fever were entered into a …

We studied 149 children and adolescents 3–17 years of age with clinical typhoid fever who
were treated with either oral azithromycin (20 mg/kg per day; maximum dose, 1000 mg/day) …

While Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Shigella remain major contributors to acute enteric
infections, few studies on these pathogens have been conducted in Egypt. From January …

Objectives. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of azithromycin compared with rifampin for
eradication of nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis Methods. Pharyngeal swabs …

Objective To identify current risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in Greater
Cairo. Design and Setting A 1∶1 matched case-control study was conducted comparing …

An increase in the incidence of Salmonella typhi strains resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin
and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole causing enteric fever in Egyptian children stimulated …