Serena Olivelli

Antibiotic Therapy in Acute Infectious Diarrhea and Clostridioides difficile Infection: Clinical Indications, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Evidence Gaps

Background: Most acute gastrointestinal infections are self-limiting, but antibiotics remain essential for selected patients with severe, invasive, or high-risk disease. This narrative review examines when antibiotics should be started or withheld in adults and children with suspected or confirmed bacterial gastrointes...