Table 7

Guide to drug treatment in acute gastroenteritis G

Antidiarrhoeal:Infants and children should not be treated with antidiarrhoeal agents
Antibiotics:Patients with invasiveSalmonella typhi, shigella, amoebiasis, and giardiasis should be treated with antibiotics.Consider in infants <6 months with other salmonella infections, those who are systemically unwell, and the immunocompromised