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Your daughter's Typhoid may not be responding because we are now seeing in this country, infections by mdr Typhoid bacteria (multi drug resistant strains of Typhoid) which have emerged in the last few years because of the indiscriminate and overconsumption of antibiotics. Your daughter, who I presume weighs around 25 kg. at 7.5 yrs. may need a higher dose of Ofloxacin (200 mg. twice a day) , or addition of Cefixime, a third generation Cephalosporin at 20 mg/Kg/day in two divided doses for a total course of 14 days. My advice, in case your childs fever has not subsided, is to add on the second antibiotic, raise the dose of the first, and repeat a Widal test to check for a rising titre to Typhoid bacteria. Please consult a good Pediatrician in your neighbourhood, if you still have a problem.
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