title: [Antibiotic treatment of acute gastroenteritis].
abstract: The empiric antibiotic therapy for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is indicated only in patients with underlying diseases or risk for bacteremia. The clinical characteristics, clinical efficiency of antibiotic therapy with pivmecillinam (52 patients) or ciprofloxacin (75 patients) and its effects on the fecal carrier state of Salmonella spp. were studied in 127 adult patients with AGE and antibiotic therapy indication. The initial stool culture was positive in 90 patients (71%). The microorganism recovered most frequently was Salmonella spp., with a bacteremia rate in these patients of 5%. The susceptibility of Salmonella spp. to ciprofloxacin and mecillinam was 100% and 90%, respectively. Therapy with ciprofloxacin or pivmecillinam showed a similar efficiency. Fecal excretion lasted no longer than five weeks and no chronic carriers were observed.
authors.affiliation: Programa Asistencial de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Consorci Hospitalari del Parc Taulí, Sabadell.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Segura Porta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serrate
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Claramonte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martos Rodríguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mensa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ribot
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sanfeliu
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Jiménez de Anta
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000561:Amdinocillin Pivoxil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010406:Penicillins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010406:Penicillins; D000561:Amdinocillin Pivoxil; D002939:Ciprofloxacin
vernacular_title: Tratamiento antibiótico de la gastroenteritis aguda.