title: Treatment of acute diarrhea with norfloxacin during Desert Storm deployment.
abstract: A retrospective study on the treatment of diarrhea in a U.S. Air Force Wing deployed to Egypt during Operation Desert Storm was conducted. Two groups of patients were compared for treatment efficacy. One group was treated with norfloxacin 800 mg as a single dose with the onset of symptoms. The other group was treated conservatively. The group treated with norfloxacin was noted to become asymptomatic in one-fourth the time of the group treated conservatively. This was highly significant, statistically, and in practice. It is recommended that diarrhea be treated aggressively during deployments to third world countries.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009643:Norfloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D009643:Norfloxacin