Effect of antibiotics for infectious diarrhea on the duration of hospitalization: A retrospective cohort study at a single center in Japan from 2012 to 2015

Empirical antimicrobial therapy was found to relate to a longer hospitalization duration for infectious diarrhea patients. Although its effects on the patients' symptoms were not evaluated, our results suggest that empirical antimicrobial therapy should be administered cautiously to not only outpatients, but also hospitalized patients.