You may be more susceptible if you have a heart condition called congenital long QT syndrome, other cardiac diseases Treatment of suppurative complications of CD such as abscesses and fistulas, includes drainage and antibiotic therapy, most often ciprofloxacin, metronidazole, or a combination of both
When empirical antibiotic therapy was used for moderate traveler's diarrhea, the treatment was found to decrease the duration of diarrhea by 1
CDI is also increasingly diagnosed in younger patients and in the community
Metronidazole and ciprofloxacin have been shown to be efficacious for treating perianal disease
Ciprofloxacin is used to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body
High metronidazole concentrations (10 mg/l or 40 mg/l Metronidazole is an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections of the vagina, stomach, liver, skin, joints, brain and spinal cord, lungs, heart, or bloodstream
Discussion on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of specific types of pseudomonal infections can be found elsewhere: (See "Epidemiology, microbiology, and pathogenesis of Pseudomonas
It works by killing bacteria or preventing their growth
There is some indication from controlled comparative studies that cure rates as determined by vaginal
Dejaco et al performed a prospective, open-label study to assess the effect of an eight-week course of ciprofloxacin and/or metronidazole as a bridge to azathioprine therapy in 52 patients with perianal fistulas
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is likely to begin about a week after you start taking an antibiotic
The guideline was developed by the AGA Institute’s Clinical Guidelines Committee and approved by the AGA Governing Board