antibiotic resistance in children with bloody diarrhea

Antibiotic Resistance in Children with Bloody Diarrhea

Shigellosis is an important public health problem, especially in developing countries. Antibiotic treatment of bacterial dysentery, aimed at resolving diarrhea or reducing its duration is especially indicated whenever malnutrition is present. First-line drugs include ampicillin and trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole(TMP-SMX); however multidrug-resistance has occurred and careful antibiotic selection...

Antibiotic resistance of Shigella and Salmonella bacteria in children with acute diarrhea

Background: Diarrhea with salmonella and shigella infections is one of the main causes of mortality in children less than 5 years. Determining the antibiotic resistance of these bacteria is one of the most important methods in the treatment of diarrhea. This study was performed to evaluate antibiotic resistance of Salmonella and Shigella pathogenic bacteria in children with acute diarrhea refer...

Bacterial pathogens associated with bloody diarrhea in Uruguayan children.

Diarrheal disease continues to be a serious health problem, especially in developing countries. Bloody diarrhea represents approximately 20-30% of all cases and has higher morbidity and mortality. Treatment with antibiotics is beneficial in cases of Shigella, Campylobacter, Yersinia and Salmonella infection, principally in those children with a higher risk of invasive disease. The aims of this ...

Antibiotic associated diarrhea in children.

CONTEXT Keeping in view the recent flooding of the Indian market with antibiotic and probiotic combinations, we decided to look at the prevalence of antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in children and reviewed evidence available for use of probiotics in the prevention of AAD. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We did a PubMed, Medline and Cochrane libary search fo...

E. coli pathotypes and their antibiotic resistance in young children with diarrhea in Hyderabad, India

Food and Drug Toxicology Research Center, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Hyderabad-500007, India Clinical Division, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Hyderabad-500007, India Statistical Division, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Hyderabad-500007, India *Corresponding...

Enteropathogen Identification by Multiplex PCR in Guatemalan Children with Acute, Non-bloody Diarrhea