Template:Travelers Diarrhea Antibiotics
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- Ciprofloxacin 750mg PO once daily x 1-3 days[1]
- First choice for use except in South and Southeast Asia
- Azithromycin 500mg PO q24h x 3 days OR 1000mg PO x 1[2]
- Nausea is a frequent adverse event
- First choice for use in South and Southeast Asia
- Rifaximin 200mg PO TID x 3 days[3]
- Ineffective against mucosally invasive pathogens (Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter)
- Considered very safe as it is not absorbed
- ↑ Hoge CW. et al. Trends in antibiotic resistance among diarrheal pathogens isolated in Thailand over 15 years. Clin Infect Dis. 1998;26:341–5
- ↑ Sanders JW. et al. An observational clinic-based study of diarrheal illness in deployed United States military personnel in Thailand: presentation and outcome of Campylobacter infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002;67:533–8
- ↑ DuPont HL. et al. Rifaximin versus ciprofloxacin for the treatment of traveler’s diarrhea: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2001;33:1807–15