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Typhoid Fever, Taking Zonocin 200mg. Advice For Correct Medicine?

Hi My son got typhoid fever from February 2012. Now no fever. But until now his blood report shown posoitive result. So child specilist doctor asked him to continue with medicince zonocin 200mg for two weeks. But for me this medicince not a rite medicence for typhoid fever. Its look like antibiotics or cold medicince. Please advice it is the rite medicence to continue ?
Fri, 15 Jun 2012
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Yah it is not right medicine.
I do not understand this long duration for typhoid with treatment.
Typhoid must be cured with in 7 days of correct treatment.
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Typhoid Fever, Taking Zonocin 200mg. Advice For Correct Medicine?

Yah it is not right medicine. I do not understand this long duration for typhoid with treatment. Typhoid must be cured with in 7 days of correct treatment.