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         ANTIBIOTICS                          REHYDRATION                                   SURGICAL

                                                  THERAPY                                 TREATMENT
         Ciprofloxacin

    - for adults who are not                Drink adequate amount                       Indicated if intestinal

    pregnant                                           of water                           perforation occur
         Azithromycin                          Prevent dehydration                      Simple closure of the

    - used by patients that                      that results from                         perforation with

    suffer from multidrug-                     prolonged fever and                          drainage of the
    resistant typhoid (resistant                       diarrhea                               peritoneum

    to ampicillin,                                  For severely                       Small bowel resection

    chloramphenicol,                        dehydrated patients, an                     indicated for patients
    trimethoprim-                                intravenous fluid                           with multiple

    sulfamethoxazole and                    regulation is introduced                          perforations

    streptomycin)                                                                           Gallbladder be
    - taken by mouth and more                                                           resected if antibiotic

    cheaper                                                                                fails to eradicate
         Ceftriaxone                                                                   hepatobiliary carriage

    - injectable antibiotic

    - alternative in
    complicated and serious

    infections
    - for children
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