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*[[Ciprofloxacin]] 750mg PO BID x 1-3 days<ref>Hoge CW. et al. Trends in antibiotic resistance among diarrheal pathogens isolated in Thailand over 15 years. Clin Infect Dis. 1998;26:341–5</ref>
*[[Ciprofloxacin]] 750mg PO once daily x 1-3 days<ref>Hoge CW. et al. Trends in antibiotic resistance among diarrheal pathogens isolated in Thailand over 15 years. Clin Infect Dis. 1998;26:341–5</ref>
*[[Levofloxacin]] 500mg PO q24h x 1-3 days
**First choice for use except in South and Southeast Asia
*[[Ofloxacin]] 300mg PO BID x 3 days
*[[Azithromycin]] 500mg PO q24h x 3 days OR 1000mg PO x 1<ref>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</ref>
**Nausea is a frequent adverse event
**First choice for use in South and Southeast Asia
*[[Rifaximin]] 200mg PO TID x 3 days<ref>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</ref>
*[[Rifaximin]] 200mg PO TID x 3 days<ref>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</ref>
*[[Azithromycin]] 1000mg PO x 1 OR 500mg PO q24h x 3 days<ref>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</ref>
**Ineffective against mucosally invasive pathogens ([[Shigella]], [[Salmonella]], [[Campylobacter]])
**Considered very safe as it is not absorbed

Revision as of 21:53, 6 January 2015

  • 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]
  1. ↑ Hoge CW. et al. Trends in antibiotic resistance among diarrheal pathogens isolated in Thailand over 15 years. Clin Infect Dis. 1998;26:341–5
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 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
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