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Gastroenteritis

  1. Abbott SL, Janda JM.  Bacterial gastroenteritis I:  incidence and etiologic agents.  Clin Microbiol Newslett 1992;14:17-20.
  2. Abbott SL, Janda JM.  Bacterial gastroenteritis II:  pathogenesis and laboratory identification.  Clin Microbiol Newslett 1992;14:25-8.
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    epidemiological study.  Lancet Infect Dis 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00370-X 
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  16. Guerrant RL, Van Gilder T, Steiner TS, et al.  Practice guidelines for the management of infectious diarrhea.  Clin Infect Dis 2001;32:331-351.
  17. Khan WA, Saha D, Rahman A, et al.  Comparison of single-dose azithromycin and 12-dose, 3-day erythromycin for childhood cholera:  a randomised, double-blind trial.  Lancet 2002;360:1722-7.
  18. Pennington H.  Escherichia coli O157.  Lancet 2010;376:1428-35.
  19. Salam MA, Seas C, Khan WA, et al.  Treatment of shigellosis: IV. Cefixime is ineffective in shigellosis in adults.  Ann Intern Med 1995;123:505-8.
  20. Shane AL, Mody RK, Crump JA, et al.  2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of infectious diarrhea.  Clin Infect Dis 2017;65:e45-e80.
  21. Trivett H.  Increase in extensively drug resistant Shigella sonnei in Europe.  Lancet Infect Dis 2022;3:e481.
  22. Williams PCM, Berkley JA.  Guidelines for the treatment of dysentery (shigellosis): a systematic review of the evidence.  Paediatrics and International Child Health 2018;38:S50-65.
  23. Wistrom J, Jertborn M, Ekwall E, et al. Empiric treatment of acute diarrheal disease with norfloxacin: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Ann Intern Med 1992;117:202-8.
  24. Wong CS, Jelacic S, Habeeb RL, et al.  The risk of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome after antibiotic treatment of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infections.  N Engl J Med 2000;342:1930-6.

Travellers’ diarrhea

  1. Anon.  Advice for Travelers.  Med Lett Treatment Guidelines 2009;7:83-94.
  2. Anon.  Drugs for travelers' diarrhea.  Med Lett 2008;50:58-9.
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  4. CATMAT.  Statement on travellers’ diarrhea.  Can Commun Dis Rep 1994;20-17:149-56.
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  6. Diemert DJ.  Prevention and self-treatment of traveler's diarrhea.  Clin Microbiol Rev 2006;19:583-94.
  7. DuPont HL.  Therapy for and prevention of traveler's diarrhea.  Clin Infect Dis 2007;45:S78-84.
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  9. Ericsson CD, DuPont HL. Traveler’s diarrhea: approaches to prevention and treatment. Clin Infect Dis 1993;16:616-26.
  10. Hill DR, Beeching NJ.  Travelers' diarrhea.  Curr Opin Infect Dis 2010;23:481-7.
  11. Mackell S.  Traveler's diarrhea in the pediatric population:  etiology and impact.  Clin Infect Dis 2005;41:S547-52.
  12. McCarthy AE, Mileno MD.  Prevention and treatment of travel-related infections in compromised hosts.  Curr Opin Infect Dis 2006;19:450-5.
  13. Okhuysen PC.  Current concepts in travelers' diarrhea:  epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance and treatment.  Curr Opin Infect Dis 2005;18:522-6.
  14. Riddle MS, DuPont HL, Conner BA.  ACG clinical guideline: diagnosis, treatment, and
    prevention of acute diarrheal infections in adults.  Am J Gastroenterol 2016;111:602-22.  doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.126
  15. Wolfe MS.  Protection of travelers.  Clin Infect Dis 1997;25:177-86.

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)

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  3. Apisarnthanarak A, Razavi B, Mundy LM.  Adjunctive intracolonic vancomycin for severe Clostridium difficile colitis:  case series and review of the literature.  Clin Infect Dis 2002;35:690-6.
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  5. Bakken JS, Borody T, Brandt LJ, et al.  Treating clostridium difficile infection with fecal microbiota transplantation.  Clin Gastro and Hep 2011:9;1044-9.
  6. Bartlett JG.  Antibiotic-associated diarrhea.  N Engl J Med 2002;346:334-9.
  7. Bauer, MP, Kuijper EJ, van Dissel JT.  European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID):  treatment guidance document for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).  Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2009;15:1067-79.
  8. Bryant K, McDonald LC.  Clostridium difficile infections in children.  Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009;28:145-6.
  9. Buggy BP, Fekety R, Silva J Jr.  Therapy of relapsing Clostridium difficile – associated diarrhea and colitis with the combination of vancomycin and rifampin.  J Clin Gastroenterol 1987;9:155-9.
  10. Cohen SH, Gerding DN, Johnson S, et al.  Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults:  2010 update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010;31:431-55.
  11. Cunningham R, Dale B, Undy B, et al.  Proton pump inhibitors as a risk factor for Clostridium difficile diarrhea.  J Hospital Infection 2003;54:243-5.
  12. Dalton BR, Lye-MacCannell T, Henderson EA, et al.  Proton pump inhibitors increase significantly the risk of Clostridium difficile infection in a low-endemicity, non-outbreak hospital setting.  Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2008;29:626-34.
  13. Deshpande A, Pant C, Pasupuleti V, et al.  Association between proton pump inhibitor therapy and Clostridium difficile infection in a meta-analysis.  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2012;article in press.
  14. Dial S, Alrasadi K, Manoukian C, et al.  Risk of Clostridium difficile diarrhea among hospital inpatients prescribed proton pump inhibitors:  cohort and case-control studies.  CMAJ 2004;171:33-8.
  15. Dial S, Delaney JAC, Barkun AN, et al.  Use of gastric acid-suppressive agents and the risk of community-acquiredClostridium difficile disease.  JAMA 2005;294:2989-95.
  16. Dial S, Kezouh A, Dascal A, et al.  Patterns of antibiotic use and risk of hospital admission because of Clostridium difficile infection.  CMAJ 2008;179:767-72.
  17. Do AN, Fridkin SK, Yechouron A, et al.  Risk factors for early recurrent Clostridium difficile – associated diarrhea.  Clin Infect Dis 1998;26:954-9.
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  19. Fedorko DP.  Controversies in Clostridium difficile testing.  Clinical Microbiol Newsletter 2002;24:76-9.
  20. Fekety R.  Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and colitis.  Am J Gastroenterol 1997;92:739-50.
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  22. Gough E, Shaikh H, Manges AR.  Systematic review of intestinal microbiota transplantaiton (fecal bacteriotherapy) for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.  Clin Infect Dis 2011:53;994-1002.
  23. Health Canada.  Proton pump inhibitors (antacids):  possible risk of Costridium difficile-associated diarrhea.  2012.
  24. Hogenauer C, Hammer HF, Krejs GJ, et al.  Mechanisms and management of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.  Clin Infect Dis 1998;27:702-10.
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    Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).  Clin Infect Dis 2018;66:987-94.
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  44. Reinke CM.  ASHP therapeutic position statement on the preferential use of metronidazole for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease.  Am J Health-Syst Pharm 1998;55:1407-11.
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  53. Wenisch JM, Schmid D, Kuo HW.  Prospective observational study comparing three different treatment regimes in patients with clostridium difficile infection.  Antimicrob Agents & Chemother 2012:1974-8.
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Necrotizing Enterocolitis

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  2. Neu J, Walker WA.  Necrotizing enterocolitis.  N Engl J Med 2011;364:255-64.

H. pylori

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  16. Graham DY, Lew GM, Klein PD, et al.  Effect of treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection on the long-term recurrence of gastric or duodenal ulcer.  Ann Intern Med 1992;116:705-8.
  17. Halasz JB, Burak KW, Dowling SK, et al.  Do low-risk patients with dyspepsia need a gastroscopy? Use of gastroscopy for otherwise healthy patients with dyspepsia. J Can Assoc Gastroenterol 2022;5:32-8.
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  20. Jafri NS, Hornung CA, Howden CW.  Meta-analysis:  sequential therapy appears superior to standard therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection in patients naïve to treatment.  Ann Intern Med 2008;148:923-31.
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Cholecystitis/Cholangitis

  1. Anon.  Antibiotics for cholangitis.  Lancet 1989.
  2. Buxbaum JL, Buitrago C, Lee A, et al.  ASGE guideline on the management of cholangitis.  Gastrointest Endosc 2021;94:207-21.
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    or less is sufficient after successful ERCP for acute cholangitis.  UE Gastroenterol J 2020;8:481-8.
  8. Haal S, Wielenga MCB, Fockens P, et al.  Antibiotic therapy of 3 days may be sufficient after biliary drainage for acute cholangitis: a systematic review.  Digestive Dis Sci 2021;66:4128-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06820-3
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Diverticulitis

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  2. Daniels L, Unlu C, de Korte N, et al.  Randomized clinical trial of observational versus antibiotic treatment for a first episode of CT-proven uncomplicated acute diverticulitis.  BJS 2017;104:52-61.
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  4. Ferzoco LB, Raptopoulos V, Silen W.  Acute diverticulitis.  N Engl J Med 1998;338:1521-6.
  5. Hjern F, Josephson T, Altman D, et al.  Conservative treatment of acute colonic diverticulitis:  are antibiotics always mandatory?  Scand J Gastroenterol 2007;42:41-7.
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

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Peritonitis

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2° Peritonitis

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PD Peritonitis

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Pancreatitis

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Liver abscess

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