[Experience with ciprofloxacin therapy of salmonellosis gastroenteritica]

Five days' ciprofloxacin treatment resulted quick clinical improvement in all of the 45 patients with salmonella gastroenteritis and stool cultures of 35 patients became negative. The advantages of ciprofloxacin treatment are analysed in comparison with previous antibiotics. Indications for new quinolones in the treatment of salmonella gastroenteritis are summarized. It is emphasized that antibiotic therapy is unnecessary in mild cases of salmonella gastroenteritis. This is demonstrated on the basis of case reports of 12 patients with symptomatic treatment too.