PMID: 11913090Mar 27, 2002Paper

Acute diarrhea in adults

Revue médicale de Bruxelles
M Adler, J Sternon

Abstract

The cause of an acute diarrhea is often infectious and a lot of pathogens are implicated: bacteria, parasites and viruses. The clinical approach required several steps and induce different advices such as avoiding stool cultures in the absence of fecal leucocytes, supportive therapy with rehydration, diverse empirical and urgent antibiotherapies. The increasing incidence of antimicrobial resistance of enteropathogens argues against the overconsumption of antibiotics.

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