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GASTRO-ENTERITIS |
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| Clinical condition | Comments |
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Suspected or proven campylobacter shigella or salmonella infection
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No antibiotics usually required.
Consider antibiotics (ciprofloxacin 500mg twice daily for three days)
if blood or mucus in stool, abdominal pain, fever, tenesmus or risk factors
for hyperchlorhydria |
| Non inflammatory toxigenic E.coli, rotavirus or SRSVs | No antibiotic treatment |
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E.coli 0157 |
Seek specialist advice as antibiotics may precipitate Haemoolytic uraemic syndrome |
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