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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ternhag, Anders
• Asikainen, Tommi
• Giesecke, Johan
• Ekdahl, Karl

Titel

A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Antibiotic Treatment on Duration of Symptoms Caused by Infection with Campylobacter Species

Ist Teil von

• Clinical infectious diseases, 2007-03, Vol.44 (5), p.696-700

Ort / Verlag

United States: The University of Chicago Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Eleven randomized, controlled trials of antibiotic treatment versus placebo in patients with Campylobacter species infection were pooled in a meta-analysis. Antibiotic treatment shortened the duration of intestinal symptoms by 1.32 days (95% confidence interval, 0.64-1.99; P < .0001). Because of problems with drug resistance, a restrictive attitude towards the administration of antibiotics in uncomplicated cases is advised.