| Literature DB >> 21467017 |
Jennifer M Nelson1, Patricia M Griffin, Timothy F Jones, Kirk E Smith, Elaine Scallan.
Abstract
Antimicrobial and antimotility agents are not recommended for the treatment of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 infection. In our study, many persons with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 infection took antimicrobial (62%) and antimotility agents (32%); 43 (29%) of 146 reported commencing antimicrobial treatment after laboratory confirmation. Efforts are needed to promote practice guidelines.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21467017 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir087
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079