If you have ever had campylobacter enteritis, you would probably not
leave it untreated. Can be pretty unpleasant.
Cipro seems to current wisdom in my area.
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-----Original Message-----
From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marcus Hawkins
Sent: 01 January 2007 21:49
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Campylobacter - Seasonal diarrhoea - ?antibiotics?
Here we go with an "old cherry'. To treat or not to treat?
Tis the season for lots of cooked fowl (& BBQs down here in New
Zealand).
Seeing a lot of diarrhoea & sometimes the working diagnosis is
campylobacter. Some treat with antibiotics automatically & some do not.
I know that there are guidelines on such matters but I am also
interested
in anecdotal experience.
What do members of the list think about the use of antibiotics in
campylobacter per se & in the setting of post Xmas/BBQ diarrhoea.
Marcus
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