title: [Chronic diarrhea: therapy with antibiotics].
abstract: Chronic diarrhoea in developed countries is most frequently caused by organic or functional disorders. Infectious agents are infrequently involved, and antibiotic chemotherapy should therefore generally rest on a microbiological diagnosis. However, there may be a role for empirical antibiotic treatment in well defined circumstances such as persistent traveller's diarrhoea or suspected small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Innere Medizin II, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Freiburg.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents