Agent | Patients with watery (nonbloody) diarrhea | Patients with dysentery (diarrhea with visible blood or mucus) |
Azithromycin | - 500 mg orally once daily for three days
- or
- 1 g (single dose); may divide in two equal doses to reduce nausea*
| - 500 mg orally once daily for three days
|
Ciprofloxacin | - 500 mg orally twice daily for three to five days
- or
- 750 mg (single dose)*
| - 500 mg orally twice daily for three to five days
|
Levofloxacin | - 500 mg orally once daily for three to five days
- or
- 500 mg (single dose)*
| - 500 mg orally once daily for three to five days
|