title: Antibiotic treatment of bacterial gastroenteritis.
abstract: Antibiotic treatment is important in certain etiologies of bacterial gastroenteritis, both for clinical improvement and for eradication of the causative organism from stools, which is important epidemiologically. The etiology, however, is seldom known at presentation in sporadic cases of diarrhea. Thus the decision to initiate antibiotic therapy and the choice of the specific antimicrobial agents should be made on a clinical basis, before culture results are available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Cleary
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents