Treatment of symptomatic enteric aeromonas hydrophila infection with ciprofloxacin

Scand J Infect Dis. 1991;23(5):653-4. doi: 10.3109/00365549109105192.

Abstract

As a part of local sporadic outbreak of Aeromonas hydrophila gastroenteritis, 3 symptomatic patients required hospitalisation. Treatment with ciprofloxacin appeared to accelerate recovery from severe or persistent diarrhoea due to this organism. All the isolates from the outbreak were sensitive to this drug.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas hydrophila*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / drug therapy*
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Scotland / epidemiology

Substances

  • Ciprofloxacin