WHO warns against hasty antibiotic use for E. coli
Friday, June 3, 2011 8:28 am
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has cautioned people against taking antibiotics if sickened by the E. coli outbreak that began in Germany last month.
The U.N. health agency says anti-diarrhea medication also isn't recommended as it stops the bacteria from quickly leaving the body.
WHO epidemiologist Andrea Ellis says use of either treatment "can actually make the situation worse."
But she told reporters in Geneva on Friday that doctors treating infected patients can prescribe such drugs in certain specific cases.
WHO has no active role in combating the outbreak that has so far sickened over 1,700 people, mostly in Germany, and killed 18.
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