Antimicrobials for treating symptomatic non-typhoidal Salmonella infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) commonly causes diarrhoea, and is usually self-limiting, although sometimes people become ill with sepsis and dehydration. Routine antibiotic use for this infection could result in persistent colonization and the spread of resistant bacterial strains.

Objectives

To assess the efficacy and safety of giving antibiotics to people with NTS diarrhoea.

Search methods

We searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group trials register (up to August 2012), the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CENTRAL) published in The Cochrane Library (up to Issue 8 2012); and MEDLINE, African Index Medicus, CINAHL, EMBASE, LILACS, and the Science Citation Index, all up to 6 August 2012. We also searched the metaRegister of Controlled Trials (mRCT)

SUBMITTER: Onwuezobe IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532567 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature