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Single Dose Azithromycin Versus Ciprofloxacin for Cholera in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial JAYA SHANKAR KAUSHIK, PIYUSH GUPTA, MMA FARIDI AND SHUKLA DAS* From the Department of Pediatrics and *Department of Microbiology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Jaya Shankar Kaushik, 82-B, Saraswati Kunj, Plot No 25, IP Extension, Delhi 110 092, India. [email protected] Received: August 27, 2008; Initial review: October 13, 2008; Accepted: March 27, 2009.

those treated with Ciprofloxacin [RR (95% CI)=1.34 (1.161.54); P