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The treatment of dysentery carriers with succinylsulfathiazole: observations on the minimal effective dose

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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Succinylsulfathiazole was given to three dysentery carriers in amounts of 0.147, 0.195 and 0.220 Gm. per kilogram of body weight daily. These amounts did not successfully eliminate the organisms from the stools when given for seven days, but when given for fourteen

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    Paul S. Barker

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Barker, P.S. The treatment of dysentery carriers with succinylsulfathiazole: observations on the minimal effective dose. Jour. D. D. 10, 443–444 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03003198

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