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  "id": "yersiniosis",
  "name": "Yersinia Enterocolitica Infection",
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  "sources": "Egyptian National Drug Formulary - Antimicrobial 2023, Ciprofloxacin monograph, PDF page index 373-374 (printed p364-365). The formulary lists \"infectious diarrhea\" as an adult indication but attaches no dose to it; the 500 mg every 12 hours figure is taken from its nontyphoidal Salmonella GI regimen. There is no shigellosis, campylobacter or Yersinia enterocolitica regimen in this monograph. · WHO. The treatment of diarrhoea: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers, 4th rev. Geneva: WHO; 2005 (IRIS 10665/43209), section 4.3.1 and Table 2",
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        "Most Yersinia enteritis is self-limiting and needs only supportive rehydration.",
        "Assess hydration status regularly, particularly in children.",
        "Look for right lower quadrant pain mimicking appendicitis, high fever, signs of bloodstream infection, or joint pains appearing after the diarrhoea (reactive arthritis)."
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      "dose_source": "Yersinia enterocolitica Infection - disease-level clinical article (yersiniosis-clinical.txt)",
      "rationale": "Carries the referral criteria and warning signs for this condition, which apply whichever treatment is chosen.",
      "cautions": [
        "RED FLAG - Antimotility agents are explicitly advised against as they may worsen the infection.",
        "RED FLAG - The risk factors for severe Yersinia infection requiring antibiotic therapy are iron overload, immunocompromised status, and advanced age."
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      "adult_duration": "3 to 14 days - the formulary's range for nontyphoidal Salmonella GI infection. It gives no duration for shigellosis, campylobacter or yersiniosis.",
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      "rationale": "Antibiotic reserved for severe or systemic Yersinia infection; the same short empiric course used for other bacterial dysenteries applies.",
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        "Not routinely first-line in children (formulary note).",
        "The only Yersinia entry in this monograph is plague (Yersinia pestis), a different organism from the yersiniosis on this row - that condition has no formulary support here.",
        "The formulary reserves this enteric regimen for severe illness or patients at high risk of invasive disease.",
        "Reserve for severe, prolonged, or systemic illness (fever, bacteraemia, or symptoms mimicking appendicitis) - most cases do not need it.",
        "Tendinitis/tendon rupture, QT prolongation, and glycaemic swings are class risks.",
        "If right lower quadrant pain is prominent, coordinate with surgery to exclude true appendicitis before treating empirically."
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      "peds_note": "Formulary general paediatric dosing for mild to moderate infection: 10 mg/kg per dose twice daily by mouth (immediate release), maximum 500 mg per dose. The formulary's 15 to 20 mg/kg per dose figure is for severe infection and carries a 750 mg per-dose maximum - do not pair 15 mg/kg with a 500 mg cap. Ciprofloxacin is not first-line in children and the formulary gives no paediatric enteric-infection regimen.",
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