infectious diseases
Campylobacter and Related Infections
Treatment
Sometimesazithromycin Most enteric infections caused byC. jejuniresolve spontaneously; if they do not,azithromycin500 mg orally once a day for 3 days may be helpful. Because resistance tociprofloxacinis increasing, this drug should be used only when susceptibility has been established, but even then resistance has been reported to emerge with fluoroquinolone therapy. For patients with extraintestinalCampylobacterinfections, antibiotics (eg, imipenem,gentamicin,ampicillin, a 3rd-generation cephalosporin,erythromycin) should be given for 2 to 4 weeks to prevent relapses. 