Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea with Amoxicillin

Abstract

The efficacy of amoxicillin in treatment of chronic bacterial diarrhea was studied in patients from two low socioeconomic groups among whom chronic diarrhea was endemic. Fifty-seven patients, six months to 72 years old, were treated for a four-day period. Fifty-five (96%) were asymptomatic within 72 hr, 70% within 48 hr. Stool cultures were negative in 92% from whom cultures were obtained. Two patients with septicemia due to Escherichia coli and two patients with infections due to Citrobacter were not cured. No significant side effects were seen.