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The Retrospective Study on Antibiotics Treatment in Acute Gastroenteritis
Ji Hye Kim, Sung Hee Oh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(6):826-834.   Published online June 15, 1997
Purpose : Most of the gastroenteritis due to viruses and some bacteria can be successfully managed by oral and/or intravenous fluid-electrolyte replacement and antibiotic therapy is unnecessary and even harmful. It is, however, not uncommon practice to prescribe antibiotics when acute gastroentritis is suspected. Therefore authors analysed the clinical courses of the patients treated for acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis in a university hospital to assess...