Don’t Jump to Antibiotics for Acute Infectious Diarrhea

November 2022

We’re getting questions about how to manage acute infectious diarrhea.

Infectious diarrhea is often viral...and usually self-limiting.

But take extra steps for patients who also have bloody stools...fever...severe abdominal pain...or sepsis. Ensure a stool PCR test is ordered to check for bacterial causes (E. coli, etc).

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Don’t Jump to Antibiotics for Acute Infectious Diarrhea

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