Single-dose oral ciprofloxacin prophylaxis as a response to a meningococcal meningitis epidemic in the African meningitis belt: A 3-arm, open-label, cluster-randomized trial.

Single-dose oral ciprofloxacin prophylaxis as a response to a meningococcal meningitis epidemic in the African meningitis belt: A 3-arm, open-label, cluster-randomized trial.

BACKGROUND:Antibiotic prophylaxis for contacts of meningitis cases is not recommended during outbreaks in the African meningitis belt. We assessed the effectiveness of single-dose oral ciprofloxacin administered to household contacts and in village-wide distributions on the overall attack rate (AR)...

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Main Authors: Matthew E Coldiron, Bachir Assao, Anne-Laure Page, Matt D T Hitchings, Gabriel Alcoba, Iza Ciglenecki, Céline Langendorf, Christopher Mambula, Eric Adehossi, Fati Sidikou, Elhadji Ibrahim Tassiou, Victoire De Lastours, Rebecca F Grais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6019097?pdf=render

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