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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Medical Therapy
In most cases, reposition of liquid and electrolytes is enough.
The use of antibiotics is controversial. Some studies show that erythromycin rapidly eliminates Campylobacter from the stool without affecting the duration of illness. Studies in children with dysentery due to C jejuni have shown benefit from early treatment with erythromycin. Treatment with antibiotics, therefore, depends on the severity of symptoms. Antimotility agents, such as loperamide, can lead to prolonged illness or intestinal perforation in any invasive diarrhea, and should be avoided.