A single dose of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin cures cholera in children as often as a 12-dose regimen of erythromycin does, a comparison of the treatments has revealed.
Severe diarrhea from the disease can cause life-threatening dehydration in children. Standard therapy for infected children is a 3-day course of erythromycin or tetracycline.
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